mavourneen

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Pronunciation

/məˈvʊəniːn/

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/məˈvʊəniːn/ · /məˈvɔːniːn/ · /məˈvʊɹniːn/ · /məˈvɝniːn/ · /məˈvuːɹniːn/

Definition of mavourneen

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noun

(Ireland)darling, sweetheart

“1850 (approx.), Anonymous, Finnegan's Wake Biddy O'Brien began to cry "Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see? "Arrah, Tim, mavourneen, why did you die?" "Ah, shut your gob," said Paddy McGee!”

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Hiberno-English, from Irish mo mhuirnín (“my darling”) (diminutive of muirn (“affection”)).

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