'ngish

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English angwissh, from Anglo-Norman anguisse, from Latin angustia. Initial /a/ was dropped after 'ar /ɔː/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋˈɡɪʃ/

Noun

'ngish

1. anguish
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:

     At aar errone was var ameing 'ar 'ngish ee-height.

     That their errand was aiming to bring anguish upon them.

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 86