stirabout

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stir +‎ about

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈstɜːɹəˌbaʊt/

Noun[edit]

stirabout (countable and uncountable, plural stirabouts)

(Ireland) porridge
- 1914, James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners:
  He's really an awful bother, what with green shades for Tom's eyes at night and making him do dumb-bells, and forcing Eva to eat the stirabout.
(Ireland) A commotion.

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