† gilliewetfootn.

Forms: 1600s gilliwetfoot, 1700s giliwitfitt, 1800s gilliewetfoot, 1800s gilliwetfit.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; apparently modelled on a Scottish Gaelic item. Etymons: ghillie n., wet adj., foot n.

Etymology: < ghillie n. + wet adj. + foot n., apparently after Scottish Gaelic gille-cas-fliuch gillie-casfluich n.

Scottish. Obsolete (historical in later use).

A contemptuous term used by Lowlanders (lowlander n. 1) for a follower of a Highland chief, esp. a servant who carries the chief across a ford, stream, etc. (cf. gillie-casfluich n.). Also more widely: a worthless, contemptuous person.

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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > of Highland chief

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1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem 83 Like Gilliwetfoots purging States By papers thrown in Pocks or Hats.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Sorehon Whenever a chieftan had a mind to revel, he came down among the tenants with his followers, by way of contempt called in the lowlands giliwitfitts, and lived on free quarters.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Gilliewetfoot,..a worthless fellow, a swindler, one who gets into debt and runs off. Loth[ian], almost obsolete.

1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) I. xiii. 128 (note) A bare-footed Highland lad is called a gillie-wet-foot.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	gilliewetfoot
释义	† gilliewetfootn. Forms: 1600s gilliwetfoot, 1700s giliwitfitt, 1800s gilliewetfoot, 1800s gilliwetfit. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; apparently modelled on a Scottish Gaelic item. Etymons: ghillie n., wet adj., foot n. Etymology: < ghillie n. + wet adj. + foot n., apparently after Scottish Gaelic gille-cas-fliuch gillie-casfluich n. Scottish. Obsolete (historical in later use). A contemptuous term used by Lowlanders (lowlander n. 1) for a follower of a Highland chief, esp. a servant who carries the chief across a ford, stream, etc. (cf. gillie-casfluich n.). Also more widely: a worthless, contemptuous person. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > of Highland chief ghillie1681 gilliewetfoot1681 gillie-casfluich1754 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem 83 Like Gilliwetfoots purging States By papers thrown in Pocks or Hats. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Sorehon Whenever a chieftan had a mind to revel, he came down among the tenants with his followers, by way of contempt called in the lowlands giliwitfitts, and lived on free quarters. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Gilliewetfoot,..a worthless fellow, a swindler, one who gets into debt and runs off. Loth[ian], almost obsolete. 1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) I. xiii. 128 (note) A bare-footed Highland lad is called a gillie-wet-foot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1681
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