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
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