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looking for a word, possibly irish in origin

candlegrease · 2013-08-19 15:32:48

Sounds like mi-adh as in bad luck but would be spelled phonetically like meeaw. Seems to be applied to men who are effeminate or soft.

19-08-2013 4:32pm

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candlegrease

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Sounds like mi-adh as in bad luck but would be spelled phonetically like meeaw.

Seems to be applied to men who are effeminate or soft.

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#2 20-08-2013 12:10pm

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Dineen has the following:

Mí-Fhearamhlacht = effeminancy, cowardlinesss
Mí-Fhearamhail = un-manly, effeminate

Perhaps connected particularly the second one.

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#3 20-08-2013 2:53pm

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The "amhail" is just older spelling of the more modern "úil" which is an adjectival addendum.

It literally means "unmanly".

The other is the same type of thing, but for a noun. "Unmanliness".

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