† twish, int. Obs. rare.
[A natural utterance: cf. tush int.]
An exclamation of contempt or vexation.
| 1577 Stanyhurst Descr. Ireland viii. in Holinshed Chron. (1587) II. 13/1 There is a cholerike or disdainfull interiection vsed in the Irish language called Boagh, which is as much in English as twish. 1583 ― æneis etc. (Arb.) 144 Twish, what woonder is yt, quod one of the coompanye, If [etc.]. |