rare. [perh. illiterate for terror (Nares).] A fit of fear or temper; an ‘upset,’ disturbance of one’s equanimity.
1597. Shaks., 2 Hen. IV., II. iv. 220. Here’s a goodly tumult: Ile forsweare keeping house, before Ile be in these tirrits, and frights.
1892. Harper’s Mag., Feb., 405/2. My lady will have her tirrets.
