hachee

Middle English

Noun

hachee

1. Alternative form of hache (“sorrow”)

Yola

Alternative forms

• haachee

Etymology

Derived from Middle English hak (“unsparing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔːˈkiː/

Adjective

hachee

1. cross, ill-tempered

   Synonym: knaggee

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 84:

     Huck nigher; y'art scuddeen; fartoo zo hachee?

     Come nearer; you're rubbing your back; why so ill tempered?

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 44