Definitions

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  • noun My darling, my dear.

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  • noun (an Irish term of address expressing affection) darling

Etymologies

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From Irish mo ‘my’ + cuisle ‘pulse’.

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  • a mawkish addition, to be sure, but included because one of my grandmothers used to say this when I was growing up. Derived from the Irish 'mo chuisle', it means (literally) my pulse.

    February 20, 2007

  • Now fairly well known from the movie "Million-Dollar Baby" (2004). Though I've seen it with several different spellings.

    October 18, 2007