curcagh

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Etymology

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curk (to squat) +‎ -agh (from Irish -ach)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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curcagh

  1. snappish, contrary
    Synonym: curkite
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 84:
      Th’ weithest all curcagh, wafur, an cornee.
      You seem all snappish, uneasy, and fretful.

References

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  • 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 33