peely-wally in Scots

Forms: mair peely-wally [comparative], maist peely-wally [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Reduplication of peelie, with variation of initial syllable. Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|mair peely-wally|||||superlative|maist peely-wally||||}} peely-wally (comparative mair peely-wally, superlative maist peely-wally), {{sco-adj}} peely-wally (comparative mair peely-wally, superlative maist peely-wally)

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  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of peelie, with variation of initial syllable.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mair peely-wally",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maist peely-wally",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "mair peely-wally",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "peely-wally (comparative mair peely-wally, superlative maist peely-wally)",
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      "expansion": "peely-wally (comparative mair peely-wally, superlative maist peely-wally)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Irvine Welsh, If You Liked School, You'll Love Work:",
          "text": "Erchie hus a laugh at that yin, n the Neebour gies a peely-wally smile while the Duke signals up a round ay black gold.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "peely-wally, sickly, pasty"
      ],
      "id": "en-peely-wally-sco-adj-ctPCBhVG",
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        [
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          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "sickly",
          "sickly"
        ],
        [
          "pasty",
          "pasty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "peely-wally"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Reduplication of peelie, with variation of initial syllable.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mair peely-wally",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maist peely-wally",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "maist peely-wally",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "mair peely-wally",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "peely-wally (comparative mair peely-wally, superlative maist peely-wally)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "peely-wally (comparative mair peely-wally, superlative maist peely-wally)",
      "name": "sco-adj"
    }
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of Scots quotations",
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        "Scots lemmas",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Irvine Welsh, If You Liked School, You'll Love Work:",
          "text": "Erchie hus a laugh at that yin, n the Neebour gies a peely-wally smile while the Duke signals up a round ay black gold.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "peely-wally, sickly, pasty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peely-wally",
          "#English"
        ],
        [
          "sickly",
          "sickly"
        ],
        [
          "pasty",
          "pasty"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "peely-wally"
}

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"peely-wally" meaning in Scots

Adjective