Definition:
1. Mavourneen comes from the Irish expression mo mhuirnín meaning "my darling." It entered English around 1800.
2. Irish
3. My Darling
Examples:
Mabel mavourneen, wear the rose he give you now—I'll let you—and see it's fresh enough. Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) Maria Edgeworth
Ay, but you're not promisin', Bobby mavourneen ; you're not promisin' all the time.Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, No. X., March 1851 Various.
Ah, mavourneen, mavourneen, you'll never come back alive to me again.The Purcell Papers Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
Did You Know?
"Mavourneen" is a term of endearment derived from the Irish Gaelic mo mhuirnín, meaning "my beloved". The Irish soprano Catherine Hayes (1818–1861)–the first Irish woman to sing at La Scala in Milan–learned "Kathleen Mavourneen" while training in Dublin
