firly-farly
Morphology
ablaut reduplicationEtymology
From ferly, firly, farly (Sc Irel N Engl, etc.) strange, wonderful, marvellous, surprising; a wonder, marvel, suprise. Cf. feery-fary.Definition
a wonderful thing, a marvel; also used contemptuously.s.v. firly
Usage
Westmoreland, YorkshireQuotations
First attested in 1785.References
The English dialect dictionary, being the complete vocabulary of all dialect words still in use, or known to have been in use during the last two hundred years; founded on the publications of the English Dialect Society and on a large amount of material never before printed. Edited by Joseph Wright. Oxford University Press, 1898~1905. [See biblography.]DictionaryEntries | FieldGuide
