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Definition of Tirrit
1. n. A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror.
Definition of Tirrit
1. alarm or fright [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tirrit
1. A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV, probably meaning terror. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tirrit
Literary usage of Tirrit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reynard the Fox by John Masefield (1920)
"Which put the gleam on flap and tirrit. The grooms in shirts with rolled-up
sleeves, Belted by girths of coloured weaves, Groomed the clipped hunters in ..."
2. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"tirrit. " A fanciful word," says Nares, " perhaps corrupted from terror :"— Here's a
... But if tirrit means terror, as he seems to suppose, the expression ..."
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