单词 | willyart |
释义 | willyartadj. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and English regional (northern). Now rare. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records all three senses as still in use in Wigtownshire in 1974. 1. a. Wild, undisciplined; astray, bewildered. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] wildc1000 unthewedc1175 wanton?a1300 rabbisha1387 irregular1395 inordinate1398 unruly1400 misgoverned?a1425 misruled?a1425 misruly?a1425 unruleful1439 seditious1447 rulelessc1460 turbulous1527 undaunted1533 turbulent1538 unordinate1561 rowsey1565 misorderlya1568 disruly1570 rabbling1575 disorderous1579 irregulate1579 disorderly1585 break-dance1587 willyart?1590 unguided1600 inorderly1606 anarchial1609 irregulousa1616 unmasterlya1623 uncomposed1631 obstreperous1641 disriegled1657 ranting1658 rantipole1660 reuling1691 shandy1691 rumblegarie1722 randy1723 obstropolous1727 wanruly1773 polrumptious1787 ree-raw1800 rambunctious1830 roid1874 unordered1929 rogue1948 ?1590–1 J. Burel Passage of Pilgremer i, in Poems sig. M4 Quhiles wandring, quhiles dandring, Like royd and wilzart rais. 1905 J. Lumsden Croonings 73 Ev'n Alf left aff bird-nesting there, An' up an' doun did wilyart stare. 1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle 10 It is morality, the knowledge o' Guid and Ill, Fear, shame, pity, like a will and wilyart growth. b. Awkward, shy; bashful, dull. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] > shy untrumc1315 scar1559 shy1600 willyarta1796 unadvancing1819 fawn-like1838 a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 298 But, O! for Hogarth's magic pow'r, To shew Sir Bardie's willyart glowr. 1925 A. Murison Rosehearty Rhymes 26 Ye sall hear fat wullart folk Fyles hae to say. 2. Self-willed, obstinate; (of an animal) unmanageable. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > wilful onwileOE wilfulc1200 willesfulc1225 headstronga1398 wilsomea1400 headya1425 overthrowing?a1425 self-willya1425 self-willedc1450 sensual1524 wayward1528 headish1530 affectionate1534 self-will1562 strongheaded1579 hard-mouthed1610 brag-brained1648 self-wilful1648 overwilled1650 will-strong1654 cobby1785 willyart1791 brain-strong1863 the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] > easily frightened or startled shyOE scaddle1483 ramageous?c1530 ramage1567 startling1599 startish1677 startful1790 willyart1818 starty1825 1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 26 Had ye Byng'd some wylart bairns, It wad hae gien the laive mair harns. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 14 Uh! uh! it's a hard-set willyard beast this o' mine. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Willward, self-willed. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Williard, obstinate; self-willed. 1930 in Sc. National Dict. (1976) X. (at cited word) He's a willyart wee duvvle that; he'll no dae a thing ye tell him. 1983 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots (2012) Acts xiii. 18 He tholed them an their willyart gates [1611 King James their manners] a fortie year i the desert. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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