tioram
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish tírim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃʰiɾəm/
Adjective
tioram
- dry, arid, without moisture, parched
- barren, uninteresting, unembellished, jejune
- seasoned (as hay)
- feur tioram ― hay
- flippant (as in speech), pert
- (weather) fair
- uair tioram ― fair weather
- thirsty
- not seasoned, as food of an indifferent kind
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “tioram”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)