ochone

[ uh-khohn ]

/ əˈxoʊn /

ohone.

Words nearby ochone

ohone

[ uh-khohn ]

/ əˈxoʊn /

alas!

1470–80; < Scots Gaelic ochan, Irish ochón; cf. och

From this day I have nothing to say that is better than Ochone!

The Kiltartan Poetry Book |Lady Gregory
She sat on th' wall wid her head in her han's keenin' an' moanin': 'Ochone, ochone!'

My Lady of the Chimney Corner |Alexander Irvine
But ochone he's now laid in his grave in the churchyard of Keel.

English As We Speak It in Ireland |P. W. Joyce
My boy is taken from me and turned agen me; and who is to take care of me in my old age after all I've done for him, ochone!

O'Flaherty V. C. |George Bernard Shaw

Aree often used after ochone (alas) in Donegal and elsewhere.

English As We Speak It in Ireland |P. W. Joyce

ochone

/ (ɒˈxəʊn) /

Scot and Irish an expression of sorrow or regret

from Gaelic ochóin