Guinness

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Guinness

  • /ˈɡɪnɪs/

Rhymes with -ɪnɪs

Where it comes from

An Anglicization of Irish Mac Aonghusa (literally “son of Angus”).

proper noun Guinness

  1. countable A surname from Irish.
  2. uncountable A brand of dark stout beer from Ireland, one of the most widely recognised brands of beer in the world, named for Arthur Guinness who first brewed it.

    Similar: Liffey water, vitamin G

  3. Guinness World Records.

noun Guinnesses

  1. A serving of the beverage. Three Guinnesses please, barman.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mcguinness, grattan, alec, mcguiness, guiney, irish, o'guinn, o'guin, gallagher, gallager, gaughan, gannon, galligan, gallery, ireland, coggin

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@misc{guinness_2026,
  title = {Guinness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guinness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}