'Arryish

comparative more 'Arryish · superlative most 'Arryish

1. colloquialdatedraucously cheerful

   The hero is not a gentleman, but a cad of 'Arryish proclivities, the heroine an exasperating little fool with a mission to touch pitch. You can't construct tragedy out of such incongruous material as this.

   1894 May 1, W. A. Lewis Bettany, “Five Years of Progress”, in The Theatre, volume 23 (N.S.), London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., →OCLC, page 241

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   He has a fair stock of somewhat 'Arryish animal spirits, but no real humour. He seems to think the Moltbury family "good fun," but, with the exception of little Violet, they are a set of grinning imbeciles that would be hissed off the boards of any respectable theatre, even in the pantomime season.

   1880 February 28, William Wallace, “[Review of A Pink Wedding]”, in The Academy, volume 17, number 408 (N.S.), London: Yates & Alexander, →ISSN, page 156

   Masqueraders were trolling a catch, the chorus of which was accompanied with a tapping of their heels. This 'Arryish departure, which nobody had in the least expected, caused so much amusement that the house encored the catch.

   1895, Émile Zola, translated by Victor Plarr (for the Lutetian Society), Nana, New York: Boni & Liveright, published 1924, →OCLC, page 22