ochone

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interjection

Expresses woe or sorrow.

OriginMiddle English oghane ← Scottish Gaelic ochóin ← Irish ochón →
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Meanings

interjection
  1. IrelandScotlandExpresses woe or sorrow.

    Ochone, the days that are over!

    1901, Katharine Tynan, “Green Bushes”, in Poems, page 79
    1 more example

    What to do with a boy like young Paddy Maloy / Is a problem to puzzle a sage; / I’m thinking, ochone! we must leave him alone, / For it’s too late to change at his age.

    1908, Edwin Emmanuel Bradford, Sonnets, Songs and Ballads, page 111

Origin

  1. Irishochón
  2. Scottish Gaelicochóin
  3. Middle Englishoghane
  4. Englishochone

Inherited from Middle English oghane, from Scottish Gaelic ochóin and Irish ochón. Cognate with Scots ochone.

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APA

ochone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ochone

MLA

“ochone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ochone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ochone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ochone.

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