pishogue

[ pi-shohg ]
nounIrish English.

  1. a spell, charm, or hex: He feared the bad luck was due to a pishogue on him.

  2. sorcery; witchcraft.

  1. a practitioner of witchcraft or healing magic: They went to see the pishogue in hopes of curing the cough.

  2. a superstition: There's an old pishogue that a pregnant woman hit with something will have a baby with a birthmark where she was hit.

Origin of pishogue

1
First recorded in 1820–30; from Irish piseog “charm, spell”

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British Dictionary definitions for pishogue

pishogue

/ (pɪˈʃəʊɡ) /

noun

  1. Irish sorcery; witchcraft

Origin of pishogue

1
from Irish piseog, pisreog

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