Lexicographical Neighbors of Tirrivee
Literary usage of Tirrivee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"tirrivee, s. A fit of passion,] Add to definition;—or the extravagant mode of
displaying it, ... At length the faught began in earnest,—what a tirrivee and ..."
2. Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834-1881 by James Anthony Froude (1885)
"That is the result, and next year I hope I may be able to dispense with that aid,
since it must be purchased with such a tirrivee, which I like so ill. ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"tirrivee, ». A fit of passion, or the extravagant mode of displaying it, as by
prancing, stamping, *c. ..."
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