raree

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹi

Noun

raree (plural rarees)

  1. raree show

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English rere, from Old English hrēr, hrēre.

Adjective

raree

  1. choice (especially good)
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4:
      Raree met in plathearès, ee-zet in a rooe,
      There was choice meat in platters, set in a row,

Adjective

raree

  1. early
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 5:
      Yola Vather Deruse hay raree cam thoare,
      Old Father Devereux early came there,

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 64 & 96
  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133
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