wough

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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”).

Alternative forms

Noun

wough (plural woughs)

  1. (dialectal, archaic or obsolete) A wall.

Etymology 2

Interjection

wough

  1. 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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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English wōh; from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz.

Adjective

wough

  1. wrong, unjust, bad
  2. evil, immoral
  3. untrue, inaccurate
  4. curved, bent

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: wough

References

Noun

wough

  1. A wrong or unjust action
  2. A sinful or immoral action
  3. An inaccuracy or mistake
  4. depravity, moral corruption
  5. woe, misery, pain

Descendants

References

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Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

wough

  1. we
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 54:
      Wough lidg'd.
      We lay.
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78:
      Wich ad wough bethther kwingokee or baagchoosee vursth?
      Whether had we better churn or bake first?
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 96:
      A peepeare struck ap; wough dansth aul in a ring;
      The piper struck up, we danced all in a ring,
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Preposition

wough

  1. Alternative form of wee (“with”)
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 23:
      Awye wough it.
      Away with it.

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 79
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