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		tammie norien. Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper names Tammie  , Tommy  , norie n.1 Etymology: In α.  forms   apparently  <  the male forename Tommy (see Tommy n.1) + norie n.1 In β.  forms   apparently  <  Tammie, pet form (compare -y suffix6) of the male forename Tam   (Scots variant of Tom  : see Tom n.1; compare Tommy n.1) + norie n.1 Compare Tomnorry n., and also tommy noddy n., Tomnoddy n.The β.  forms   (although they are attested later) may in fact be primary.  Originally and chiefly  Scottish. the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > 			[noun]		 > fratercula arctica (puffin) α.  1701    J. Brand  viii. 119  				Each kind or sort do Nestle by themselves; as the Scarfs by themselves, so the Cetywaicks, Tominories, Mawes etc. ?1800     7  				Proud Tommy Norie on my hill His young ones up doth breed. 1866     Nov. 15/2  				The stratified ledges [of Fair Isle], the abodes of kittiwake, ravens, falcons, tominories, and aquatic fowls in untold variety. 1885    C. Swainson  219  				Puffin..Tom noddy, or Tommie norie (Farn Islands; Scotland). 1894    R. O. Heslop   				Tommy-norie, the puffin, Fratercula arctica. 1925     Aug. 116/1  				The sailor with us caught one [sc. a puffin] for me to hold, and called it ‘Tommie-Norie’. 1972    J. Ross Select. Caithness Dial. Words in  D. Omand  258  				Tommienorrie, a bird, the puffin.  β. 1751     II. 123  				Ye're seamaws and tamie nories into my bed I'll take.1806    P. Neill  53  				The solan-goose or gannet, the emmer-goose, and the taminorie or puffin, are numerous in the seas around [Hoy].1816    W. Scott  I. vii. 168  				‘Did I not hear a halloo?’ ‘The skreigh of a Tammie Norie,’ answered Ochiltree, ‘I ken the skirl weel.’1870    R. Chambers  		(new ed.)	 190  				The Puffin. Tammie Norie o' the Bass Canna kiss a bonny lass.1896    A. Newton et al.   943  				Tammy-Norie, a northern form of Tom-Noddy, and a name for the Puffin.1937    M. Cormack  xiii. 147  				‘Where did you get this?’ he demanded. ‘From the burrow entrance of a tammynorie.’1989     20 Jan. 4/3  				Tammie nories are set to travel all over the country as the Post Office launches a new set of stamps.2017    @shetlandnature 7 Feb. in  twitter.com 		(O.E.D. Archive)	  				The spring return of our tammie nories is not so far away now!the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > 			[noun]		 1828     Gloss. Sc. Words & Phrases  				Tammie Norie, Tom o' Norway, Tommy Noddy,..a weak, simple fellow. 1870    R. Chambers  		(new ed.)	 190  				It is also customary to call a stupid-looking man a ‘Tammie Norie’. 1892    J. Lumsden  258  				A fine kippage ye'd mak', I sure ye, war ye to lose it noo. O ye Tammy-norry! 1903    J. Lumsden   iv. i. 77  				Robin's nae butterflee, na, nor nae tammy norry fidget either! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1701 |