rameish

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noun

nonsense, foolish talk

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounrameish (uncountable)

alternative rawmaish

  1. Irelanduncountablenonsense, foolish talk

    Don't listen to him, said my father. He talks rameish.

    2011, Dermot Healy, Sudden Times, . Random House, →ISBN, page 139
verbrameish (third-person singular simple present rameishes, present participle rameishing, simple past and past participle rameished)

present singular third person rameishes · participle present rameishing · participle past rameished · past rameished · alternative rawmaish

  1. Irelandto talk nonsense, talk idly

    ‘She’s so childish to be going on with all that kind of rawmaishing out of her,’ Kate snapped.

    1987, Maeve Binchy, Firefly Summer, . Random House, →ISBN, page 439
    2 more examples

    “I hope he wasn’t delayed rameishing on with some customer today of all days,” Benny heard her mother say to Patsy.

    1990, Maeve Binchy, Circle of Friends, . Random House, →ISBN, page 15

    Mario grinned and in a perfect parody of her voice said: ‘And it’d tear the ears off you to listen to this one rawmaishing all day!’

    1995, Martina Cole, The Jump, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Normanromance
  2. Irishráiméis“nonsense, poppycock”
  3. Englishrameish

From Irish ráiméis (“nonsense, poppycock”), from Norman romance. Doublet of romance.

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Chicago

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