dortn.
/dɔːt/, U.S. /dɔrt/, Scottish English /dɔrt/ Scottish.
Usually in plural: Sulkiness, ill-humour; sulks.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > moroseness or sulking
morosity1534
dort1632
moroseness1653
surliness1700
sulkiness1760
sulk1792
sulks1805
sulking1880
mard1998
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > instance of
morosity1534
dort1632
1632 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. xxiii. 91 Let your soul..take the dorts (as we use to speak).
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i Then fare ye weel Meg-Dorts. [Cf. Scott St. Ronan's i.]
1823 M. Corbett & M. Corbett Petticoat Tales I. 288 (Jam.) Andrew, that left you in the dorts.
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(Jamieson).
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dort v. (intransitive) to become pettish, to sulk.
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dorted adj. sulky, ill-humoured.
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