Meanings
plural pishogues
- Magic, witchcraft; a spell, especially one designed to cause or cure illnesses to man or beast, or to increase or decrease the quantities of farm products such as butter or milk.
Pishog: A mystic rite, by which one person is enabled to make a supernatural transfer of his neighbour's butter into his own churns.
1829, Gerald Griffin, The CollegiansSynonyms: diablerie, witchery, incantation, spell, bewitchery, black arts, charmwork, conjuration
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMagic, witchcraft; a spell, especially one designed to cause or cure illnesses to man or beast, or to increase or decrease the quantities of farm products such as butter or milk.
Origin
- Middle Irishpiseóc
- Irishpiseog“witchcraft”
- Englishpishogue
Anglo-Irish, from Irish piseog (“witchcraft”), from Middle Irish piseóc, pisóc.
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pishogue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pishogue
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