spologe
Fingallian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Irish spól (“shuttle”) + Irish -óg (“diminutive suffix”).
Noun
[edit]spologe
- (figurative) thorn
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):
- Spologe,
- A Thorn.
- 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):