Meaning of 'Arryish | Babel Free

Definitions

raucously cheerful

colloquial, dated

Examples

“He has a fair stock⟳ of somewhat 'Arryish animal spirits, but no real humour. He seems to think⟳ the Moltbury family "good fun," but, with the exception of little Violet, they are a set⟳ of grinning imbeciles that would be hissed off the boards of any respectable theatre, even in the pantomime season.”

“The hero is not a gentleman, but a cad of 'Arryish proclivities, the heroine an exasperating little fool with a mission to touch⟳ pitch. You can't construct tragedy out of such incongruous material as this.”

“Masqueraders were trolling a catch⟳, the chorus of which was accompanied with a tapping of their heels. This 'Arryish departure, which nobody had in the least expected, caused so much amusement that the house encored the catch⟳.”

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