English
Etymology
Anglo-Irish, from Irish mo bhrón, from mo �my� + brón �grief�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/m��vɹ��n/
Interjection
mavrone
- An expression of sorrow; alas.
#*1893: �Mavrone, mavrone! the man has died / While I slept in the chair� � WB Yeats, �The Ballad of Father Gilligan�
#*1922: And we to be there, mavrone, and you to be unbeknownst sending us your conglomerations the way we to have our tongues out a yard long like the drouthy clerics do be fainting for a pussfull. � James Joyce, Ulysses
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