wough
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English wough (“wall”), from Old English wāh, wāg, wǣg (“interior wall, separating structure”), from Proto-West Germanic *waig, from Proto-Germanic *waigaz (“wall, structure”). Cognate with Scots wauch, waw (“wall”).
Noun
wough (plural woughs)
- (obsolete) A wall.
Related terms
- waw
Interjection
wough
- Alternative form of woof
- 1922, Gordon Casserly, The Jungle Girl:
- As it scrambled swiftly over the edge it caught sight of the elephant and with a deep "wough!" charged straight at it.
- 1884, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches:
- The trapper shouted and waved his cap; whereupon, to his amazement, the bear uttered a loud "wough" and charged straight down on him--only to fall a victim to misplaced boldness.
- 1863, Various, The Children's Garland from the Best Poets:
- Bough wough, The watch dogs bark, Bough wough, Hark, hark!
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References
- Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 548
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wouȝ, woughe, woȝe, wouȝh, woh
Etymology
From Old English wōh; from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz.
Adjective
wough
- wrong, unjust, bad
- evil, immoral
- untrue, inaccurate
- curved, bent
Synonyms
- ivel, yvel
- badde
Descendants
- English: wough
References
- “wough, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.
Noun
wough
- A wrong or unjust action
- A sinful or immoral action
- An inaccuracy or mistake
- depravity, moral corruption
- woe, misery, pain
Descendants
- English: wough
References
- “wough, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.
Yola
Etymology 1
From Middle English wue, from Old English wē, from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ. The final silent -gh was added to avoid -u.
Alternative forms
- wee, we, wu, w'
Pronoun
wough
- we
Derived terms
- waad
- wou'll
- w'oul
- w'speen
- w'ne'er
Preposition
wough
- Alternative form of wee (“with”)
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Awye wough it.
- Away with it.
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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 23 & 79