单词 | scoury |
释义 | scouryadj.1 Scottish. Shabby, disreputable. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > shabbily dressed scoury?a1513 olda1616 shabby1669 dowdy1676 duddy1718 seedy1725 schleppy1966 schlubby1968 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > of ill repute unhonesta1382 ill-famed1483 scoury?a1513 renownless1552 uncredited1586 bankrupt1601 discredited1605 disopinioned1622 creditless1660 unreputable1688 irreputable1709 low-lifed?1750 louche1819 characterless1825 disreputable1828 pikey1838 shady1862 lowlife1939 sleazoid1976 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 245 The tod wes nowder lene nor skowry. He wes ane lusty, reid haird lowry. 1796 A. Wilson Loss o' Pack 2 I wha stand here, in this bare scoury coat, Was ance a packman. a1894 J. Shaw in R. Wallace Country Schoolmaster (1899) 352 A ‘scoory-looking blade’, a broken-down looking tramp. Derivatives ˈscouriness n. ΚΠ 1814 C. I. Johnstone Saxon & Gaël III. 58 (Jam.) That little whippy maun be casting up our poortith and your scouriness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † scouryadj.2 Obsolete. rare. ? Scouring, bitter, sharp. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > cold or keen keen1340 bleaky1687 scourya1774 naked1822 scything1822 shy1828 a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 165 May Scotia's simmers ay look gay and green, Her yellow har'st frae scowry blasts decreed! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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