tioram

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish tírim.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tioram

  1. dry, arid, without moisture, parched
  2. barren, uninteresting, unembellished, jejune
  3. seasoned (as hay)
    feur tioramhay
  4. flippant (as in speech), pert
  5. (weather) fair
    uair tioramfair weather
  6. thirsty
  7. not seasoned, as food of an indifferent kind

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “tioram”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC