† upsittenadj.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Inactive, indifferent, callous.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > callous or hard-hearted
hard hearteOE
steelena1000
hardOE
hard-heartedc1225
stony?c1230
yhert1340
dure1412
hardedc1425
induratec1425
stonishc1450
hardenedc1480
steely1508
flinty1536
endured1540
stiff-stomached1540
heartless1556
indured1558
flint-hearted1560
iron1561
marble1565
stone-hearted?1569
stony-hearted1569
iron-hearted1570
steel-hearted1571
rocky?1578
brawned1582
flinted1582
padded1583
obdure?1590
brawny1596
flintful1596
flint-heart1596
steeled1600
cauterized1603
indurated1604
flinty-hearted1629
ahenean1630
dedolent1633
brawny-hearteda1639
hard-grained1643
callous1647
upsitten1682
seared1684
petrified1720
calloused1746
coreless1813
pebble-hearted1816
hard-shelled1848
hard-plucked1857
steel trap1921
1682 A. Peden Lord's Trumpet Sounding (1739) 16 The Lord..hath been crying to You in these Lands (and namelie to thee upsitten Scotland) to watch with him.
1728 P. Walker Life A. Peden (1827) Pref. 27 These backslidden, upsitten, lukewarm Ministers, Elders and Professors.
1728 P. Walker Life A. Peden (1827) 61 The Indulged, Backslidden and Upsitten Ministers of Scotland.
a1894 R. L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston (1896) v The sister of the gardener..had shown herself ‘upsitten’.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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