teuchtern.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtjuːxtə/,

/ˈtʃuːxtə/,

/ˈtjuːktə/,

/ˈtʃuːktə/, U.S.

/ˈt(j)uktər/,

/ˈt(j)uxtər/, Scottish English

/ˈtjuxtər/,

/ˈtʃuxtər/

Forms:

α. 1900s– teuchtar, 1900s– teuchter.

β. 1900s– cheuchter, 1900s– choochter, 1900s– chuchter, 2000s– chookter.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain.Various suggestions have been made for the first syllable, including teuch , Scots variant of tough adj., and Scots teuch , deuch drink, dram ( < Scottish Gaelic deoch : see jough n. and compare deoch an doris n.). The ending is perhaps influenced by Scottish Gaelic agent nouns with the suffix -adair (e.g. sgrìobhadair writer, scribe); the final -er is now often understood to be -er suffix¹.

Scottish (frequently derogatory).

A. n.

A person from the Scottish Highlands or Hebrides, in early use esp. a Gaelic-speaker. In later use also more generally: an unsophisticated or uneducated person from a predominantly rural area; a country bumpkin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland > parts of Scotland

ScoteOE

Irish Scota1387

Irish Scot1521

Irishman1529

Moravian1577

Moravea1600

highlander1610

lowlander1621

trewsman1639

Whiglander1682

northland1698

Norlander1716

plaid1749

bonnet man1763

plaid-man1763

norland1768

Irish Gael1771

Galwegian1774

southern1812

Gallovidian1875

Fifer1887

Clydesider1921

teuchter1940

1940 ‘R. Garioch’ in S. MacLean & ‘R. Garioch’ 17 Poems for 6d 10 Thir a glaikit pair o Teuchters, an as Heilant as a peat.

1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Sept. 1084/2 For the inhabitants of Harris are mainly what most Scots call ‘teuchtars’—a word which I had never heard till I had it applied to me by a teacher in a Glasgow school. What is a teuchtar?

1979 R. Laidlaw Lion is Rampant xviii. 137 I look like the archetypal teuchter, right down to the fur-bearing cheeks.

1996 Gaelic 0 Eng. 10/ Johannesburg in soc.culture.scottish (Usenet newsgroup) 19 Feb. I can still hear the shouts of ‘Speak English, ya cheuchter!’.

2010 @CalumM94 16 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Scummy forthbank chookters!

2014 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 July 4 Rosalind Sydney is the token newbie, a supposedly naive teuchter from the islands.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating a teuchter or teuchters.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [adjective] > parts of Scotland

westland1488

Irishc1543

Scottish-Irish?1593

Gallovidian1632

highland1698

Shetlandic1815

Galwegian1870

teuchter1967

1967 A. Mackie Scottish Pageantry xix. 237 In the entertainment world the bands which specialise in Scottish dance music, such as Jimmy Shand's, are nicknamed ‘Teuchter bands’ from an old Lowland word for a Highlander, ‘Teuchter’.

1989 C. Mackay Sound of Sea 29 Outlandish teuchter names like Drumnacoub and Aldicharrish.

1997 C. Brookmyre Country of Blind (2001) xi. 300 Run along now, they had told him. We're sure you've got lots of important teuchter things to be getting on with.

2007 A. Smith Girl meets Boy 129 I'm all Highland adrenalin. I'm all teuchter laughter and I'm all teuchter anger.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	teuchter
释义	teuchtern.adj. Brit. /ˈtjuːxtə/, /ˈtʃuːxtə/, /ˈtjuːktə/, /ˈtʃuːktə/, U.S. /ˈt(j)uktər/, /ˈt(j)uxtər/, Scottish English /ˈtjuxtər/, /ˈtʃuxtər/ Forms: α. 1900s– teuchtar, 1900s– teuchter. β. 1900s– cheuchter, 1900s– choochter, 1900s– chuchter, 2000s– chookter. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain.Various suggestions have been made for the first syllable, including teuch , Scots variant of tough adj., and Scots teuch , deuch drink, dram ( < Scottish Gaelic deoch : see jough n. and compare deoch an doris n.). The ending is perhaps influenced by Scottish Gaelic agent nouns with the suffix -adair (e.g. sgrìobhadair writer, scribe); the final -er is now often understood to be -er suffix¹. Scottish (frequently derogatory). A. n. A person from the Scottish Highlands or Hebrides, in early use esp. a Gaelic-speaker. In later use also more generally: an unsophisticated or uneducated person from a predominantly rural area; a country bumpkin. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Scotland > parts of Scotland ScoteOE Irish Scota1387 Irish Scot1521 Irishman1529 Moravian1577 Moravea1600 highlander1610 lowlander1621 trewsman1639 Whiglander1682 northland1698 Norlander1716 plaid1749 bonnet man1763 plaid-man1763 norland1768 Irish Gael1771 Galwegian1774 southern1812 Gallovidian1875 Fifer1887 Clydesider1921 teuchter1940 1940 ‘R. Garioch’ in S. MacLean & ‘R. Garioch’ 17 Poems for 6d 10 Thir a glaikit pair o Teuchters, an as Heilant as a peat. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Sept. 1084/2 For the inhabitants of Harris are mainly what most Scots call ‘teuchtars’—a word which I had never heard till I had it applied to me by a teacher in a Glasgow school. What is a teuchtar? 1979 R. Laidlaw Lion is Rampant xviii. 137 I look like the archetypal teuchter, right down to the fur-bearing cheeks. 1996 Gaelic 0 Eng. 10/ Johannesburg in soc.culture.scottish (Usenet newsgroup) 19 Feb. I can still hear the shouts of ‘Speak English, ya cheuchter!’. 2010 @CalumM94 16 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Scummy forthbank chookters! 2014 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 July 4 Rosalind Sydney is the token newbie, a supposedly naive teuchter from the islands. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating a teuchter or teuchters. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [adjective] > parts of Scotland westland1488 Irishc1543 Scottish-Irish?1593 Gallovidian1632 highland1698 Shetlandic1815 Galwegian1870 teuchter1967 1967 A. Mackie Scottish Pageantry xix. 237 In the entertainment world the bands which specialise in Scottish dance music, such as Jimmy Shand's, are nicknamed ‘Teuchter bands’ from an old Lowland word for a Highlander, ‘Teuchter’. 1989 C. Mackay Sound of Sea 29 Outlandish teuchter names like Drumnacoub and Aldicharrish. 1997 C. Brookmyre Country of Blind (2001) xi. 300 Run along now, they had told him. We're sure you've got lots of important teuchter things to be getting on with. 2007 A. Smith Girl meets Boy 129 I'm all Highland adrenalin. I'm all teuchter laughter and I'm all teuchter anger. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1940
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