earnough

Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish earráideach. The -n- was misspelled.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈɾɔːɡ/

Adjective

earnough

1. comical

Noun

earnough

1. A comical, droll, humorous person.
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:

     A gooude earnough.

     A droll man.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37