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oiris.

orris

5 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. orris

    feminine
noun
  1. arrangement to meet, appointment, tryst

    feminine · literary
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish airis, aires, oires (“(fore-)knowledge; tryst, assignation, arrangement to meet”).

verb
  1. stay, stop; wait, delay

    intransitive · literary
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish ar·sissedar (“stays, stands fast, rests, remains; halts, delays; endures, persists”), verbal noun airisem.

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