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Etymology
Borrowed from Irish a mhuirnín (“my darling”, literally “O darling (vocative)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
a voorneen
- my dear
1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:Drink a heall to a breede. "Shud with, a voorneen."- Drink a health to the bride, "Here's to you, my dear."
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 96