breedegroom

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾiːdˈɡɾuːm/

Noun

breedegroom

1. bridegroom

   Coordinate term: breede

   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 96:

     An a boor lithel breedegroom waithed wonderfullee griefte.

     And the poor dirty bridegroom looked wondrously grieved.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96