stirabout

English

Etymology

Deverbal from stir about.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɜːɹəˌbaʊt/

Noun

stirabout (countable and uncountable, plural stirabouts)

1. (Ireland) Porridge.
   • 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 222:

     He's really an awful bother, what with green shades for Tom's eyes at night and making him do the dumb-bells, and forcing Eva to eat the stirabout.

2. (Ireland) A commotion.