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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Celtic language of Ireland
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Irish" is a kind of...):
Erse; Gaelic; Goidelic (any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland)
Domain region:
Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Irish"):
Old Irish (Irish Gaelic up to about 1100)
Middle Irish (Irish Gaelic from 1100 to 1500)
Derivation:
Irish (of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley
Synonyms:
Irish; Irish whiskey; Irish whisky
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Irish" is a kind of...):
whiskey; whisky (a liquor made from fermented mash of grain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Irish"):
poteen (unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey)
Holonyms ("Irish" is a substance of...):
Irish coffee (sweetened coffee with Irish whiskey and whipped cream)
Derivation:
Irish (of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people)
Sense 3
Meaning:
People of Ireland or of Irish extraction
Synonyms:
Irish; Irish people
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Irish" is a kind of...):
country; land; nation (the people who live in a nation or country)
Derivation:
Irish (of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)
Derivation:
Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)
Irish (the Celtic language of Ireland)
Irish (whiskey made in Ireland chiefly from barley)
Irish (people of Ireland or of Irish extraction)
Context examples:
Oh! I believe I was relating to her some ridiculous stories of an old Irish groom of my uncle's.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Titanic: The New Evidence focuses upon research by Irish journalist Senan Molony, who spent 30 years investigating the accident.
(UK documentary claims fire weakened RMS Titanic, Wikinews)
GM potatoes are also resistant to late blight disease which caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s and which continues to threaten potato crops worldwide.
(GM tech expands with more crops to more countries, SciDev.Net)
The Irish Terrier is a medium-sized, well-proportioned terrier with long whiskers, a bearded muzzle with powerful jaws, and bushy eyebrows.
(Irish Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)
Briefly they are these: The Royal Mallows is, as you know, one of the most famous Irish regiments in the British army.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Irish Water Spaniel is the largest of the spaniels with a solid brown (leaning to purple), crisp-textured, and curly coat.
(Irish Water Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)
The fourth member of the party, Michael Dennin, contributed his Irish wit to the gayety of the cabin.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Day and night she brooded over them with tireless devotion and anxiety, leaving John to the tender mercies of the help, for an Irish lady now presided over the kitchen department.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
An island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland.
(Isle of Man, NCI Thesaurus)
How, then, can England come in, especially when we have stirred her up such a devil’s brew of Irish civil war, window-breaking Furies, and God knows what to keep her thoughts at home.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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