affgyain'

affgyain' (comparative mair affgyain', superlative maist affgyain')

mair affgyain' (comparative)
maist affgyain' (superlative)


affhand

head

affhand (comparative mair affhand, superlative maist affhand)

mair affhand (comparative)
maist affhand (superlative)

From Middle English *ofhande, *ofhende, from Old English ofhende (“absent, lost”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz; equivalent to aff- + hand.

Done off-hand; careless, free and easy, unpremeditated; unceremonious, brusque


affhan'

affhan' (comparative mair affhan', superlative maist affhan')

mair affhan' (comparative)
maist affhan' (superlative)


aff-han'

aff-han' (comparative mair aff-han', superlative maist aff-han')

mair aff-han' (comparative)
maist aff-han' (superlative)


affhan

affhan (comparative mair affhan, superlative maist affhan)

mair affhan (comparative)
maist affhan (superlative)


ae-some

ae-some (comparative mair ae-some, superlative maist ae-some)

mair ae-some (comparative)
maist ae-some (superlative)


affhandit

affhandit (comparative mair affhandit, superlative maist affhandit)

mair affhandit (comparative)
maist affhandit (superlative)


aff-loof

aff-loof (comparative mair aff-loof, superlative maist aff-loof)

mair aff-loof (comparative)
maist aff-loof (superlative)


affpittin

affpittin (comparative mair affpittin, superlative maist affpittin)

mair affpittin (comparative)
maist affpittin (superlative)

From Middle English ofputtinge; equivalent to aff- + pittin.

delaying, trifling, dilatory, putting off


affputting

affputting (comparative mair affputting, superlative maist affputting)

mair affputting (comparative)
maist affputting (superlative)


aff-pitten

aff-pitten (comparative mair aff-pitten, superlative maist aff-pitten)

mair aff-pitten (comparative)
maist aff-pitten (superlative)


aff-pettin'

aff-pettin' (comparative mair aff-pettin', superlative maist aff-pettin')

mair aff-pettin' (comparative)
maist aff-pettin' (superlative)


aff-putting

aff-putting (comparative mair aff-putting, superlative maist aff-putting)

mair aff-putting (comparative)
maist aff-putting (superlative)


affrontless

affrontless (comparative mair affrontless, superlative maist affrontless)

mair affrontless (comparative)
maist affrontless (superlative)


aff-settin'

aff-settin' (comparative mair aff-settin', superlative maist aff-settin')

mair aff-settin' (comparative)
maist aff-settin' (superlative)


afftakin

afftakin (comparative mair afftakin, superlative maist afftakin)

mair afftakin (comparative)
maist afftakin (superlative)


afftackin'

afftackin' (comparative mair afftackin', superlative maist afftackin')

mair afftackin' (comparative)
maist afftackin' (superlative)


afftakin'

afftakin' (comparative mair afftakin', superlative maist afftakin')

mair afftakin' (comparative)
maist afftakin' (superlative)


afftaking

afftaking (comparative mair afftaking, superlative maist afftaking)

mair afftaking (comparative)
maist afftaking (superlative)


afley'd

afley'd (comparative mair afley'd, superlative maist afley'd)

mair afley'd (comparative)
maist afley'd (superlative)


affley'd

affley'd (comparative mair affley'd, superlative maist affley'd)

mair affley'd (comparative)
maist affley'd (superlative)


afftakkin

afftakkin (comparative mair afftakkin, superlative maist afftakkin)

mair afftakkin (comparative)
maist afftakkin (superlative)


aff-takkin

aff-takkin (comparative mair aff-takkin, superlative maist aff-takkin)

mair aff-takkin (comparative)
maist aff-takkin (superlative)


forfouchten

forfouchten (comparative mair forfouchten, superlative maist forfouchten)

mair forfouchten (comparative)
maist forfouchten (superlative)


aggisom

aggisom (comparative mair aggisom, superlative maist aggisom)

mair aggisom (comparative)
maist aggisom (superlative)

Perhaps derived from Old Norse agasamr. See also awsome.


agisom

agisom (comparative mair agisom, superlative maist agisom)

mair agisom (comparative)
maist agisom (superlative)


aggerous

aggerous (comparative mair aggerous, superlative maist aggerous)

mair aggerous (comparative)
maist aggerous (superlative)


ahinthand

ahinthand (comparative mair ahinthand, superlative maist ahinthand)

mair ahinthand (comparative)
maist ahinthand (superlative)


ahin'-han'

ahin'-han' (comparative mair ahin'-han', superlative maist ahin'-han')

mair ahin'-han' (comparative)
maist ahin'-han' (superlative)


ahin-han

ahin-han (comparative mair ahin-han, superlative maist ahin-han)

mair ahin-han (comparative)
maist ahin-han (superlative)


Aberdeen-awa

Of or pertaining to Aberdeen (and its neighbourhood).


weel-faured

weel-faured (comparative mair weel-faured, superlative maist weel-faured)

mair weel-faured (comparative)
maist weel-faured (superlative)


aicherd

aicherd (comparative mair aicherd, superlative maist aicherd)

mair aicherd (comparative)
maist aicherd (superlative)


aikaspire

aikaspire (comparative mair aikaspire, superlative maist aikaspire)

mair aikaspire (comparative)
maist aikaspire (superlative)

(Orkney) mouldy, spotted with mouldiness


aikyspired

aikyspired (comparative mair aikyspired, superlative maist aikyspired)

mair aikyspired (comparative)
maist aikyspired (superlative)


ainlie

ainlie (comparative mair ainlie, superlative maist ainlie)

mair ainlie (comparative)
maist ainlie (superlative)


ainty

ainty (comparative mair ainty, superlative maist ainty)

mair ainty (comparative)
maist ainty (superlative)


aiqual

From Middle English equal, from Latin aequālis.


airty

airty (comparative mair airty, superlative maist airty)

mair airty (comparative)
maist airty (superlative)


aiten

From Middle English oten; equivalent to ait + -en.


aith

aith (comparative mair aith, superlative maist aith)

mair aith (comparative)
maist aith (superlative)


aittrie

aittrie (comparative mair aittrie, superlative maist aittrie)

mair aittrie (comparative)
maist aittrie (superlative)

Derived from Old Norse eitr (“poison”). Compare attery and ettery.

(Shetland) cold, bleak, bitter, grim (of weather)


aitrie

aitrie (comparative mair aitrie, superlative maist aitrie)

mair aitrie (comparative)
maist aitrie (superlative)


uily

uily (comparative mair uily, superlative maist uily)

mair uily (comparative)
maist uily (superlative)


unweel

unweel (comparative mair unweel, superlative maist unweel)

mair unweel (comparative)
maist unweel (superlative)


kirklike

kirklike (comparative mair kirklike, superlative maist kirklike)

mair kirklike (comparative)
maist kirklike (superlative)

An' at oor village end there stood / The kirk, in sombre, kirklike mood, […]

1875, William Allan, Heather-bells: Or Poems and Songs, page 45:


reekie

reekie (comparative mair reekie, superlative maist reekie)

mair reekie (comparative)
maist reekie (superlative)


freity

freity (comparative mair freity, superlative maist freity)

mair freity (comparative)
maist freity (superlative)


hirstie

hirstie (comparative mair hirstie, superlative maist hirstie)

mair hirstie (comparative)
maist hirstie (superlative)

Alternative form of histie (“dry; barren”)


awbel

awbel (comparative awbler, superlative awblest)

awbler (comparative)
awblest (superlative)


tavert

tavert (comparative mair tavert, superlative maist tavert)

mair tavert (comparative)
maist tavert (superlative)


twalt

Inherited from Middle Scots twelft, from Early Scots twelft, from Middle English twelfth, from Old English twelfta, from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô.


ramfeezled

ramfeezled (comparative mair ramfeezled, superlative maist ramfeezled)

mair ramfeezled (comparative)
maist ramfeezled (superlative)


sanshach

sanshach (comparative mair sanshach, superlative maist sanshach)

mair sanshach (comparative)
maist sanshach (superlative)


substantious

substantious (comparative mair substantious, superlative maist substantious)

mair substantious (comparative)
maist substantious (superlative)


trickie

trickie (comparative mair trickie, superlative maist trickie)

mair trickie (comparative)
maist trickie (superlative)


afawld

afawld (comparative mair afawld, superlative maist afawld)

mair afawld (comparative)
maist afawld (superlative)


afald

afald (comparative mair afald, superlative maist afald)

mair afald (comparative)
maist afald (superlative)


donnart

donnart (comparative mair donnart, superlative maist donnart)

mair donnart (comparative)
maist donnart (superlative)


donnerd

donnerd (comparative mair donnerd, superlative maist donnerd)

mair donnerd (comparative)
maist donnerd (superlative)


tautit

tautit (comparative mair tautit, superlative maist tautit)

mair tautit (comparative)
maist tautit (superlative)


tentie

tentie (comparative mair tentie, superlative maist tentie)

mair tentie (comparative)
maist tentie (superlative)


thrawart

thrawart (comparative mair thrawart, superlative maist thrawart)

mair thrawart (comparative)
maist thrawart (superlative)


oughlie

oughlie (comparative mair oughlie, superlative maist oughlie)

mair oughlie (comparative)
maist oughlie (superlative)


blist

blist (comparative mair blist, superlative maist blist)

mair blist (comparative)
maist blist (superlative)


brockit

brocked, variegated, having a mixture of black and white


sweert

sweert (comparative mair sweert, superlative maist sweert)

mair sweert (comparative)
maist sweert (superlative)

Alternative form of sweirt (“loath, reluctant”)


ploukie

ploukie (comparative mair ploukie, superlative maist ploukie)

mair ploukie (comparative)
maist ploukie (superlative)


plookie

plookie (comparative mair plookie, superlative maist plookie)

mair plookie (comparative)
maist plookie (superlative)


stieve

stieve (comparative stiever, superlative stievest)

stiever (comparative)
stievest (superlative)


nebbed

(in combination) nosed; having a nose of a specified kind


duddie

duddie (comparative mair duddie, superlative maist duddie)

mair duddie (comparative)
maist duddie (superlative)


scawd

scawd (comparative mair scawd, superlative maist scawd)

mair scawd (comparative)
maist scawd (superlative)


sleuthful

sleuthful (comparative mair sleuthful, superlative maist sleuthful)

mair sleuthful (comparative)
maist sleuthful (superlative)


widdifow

widdifow (comparative mair widdifow, superlative maist widdifow)

mair widdifow (comparative)
maist widdifow (superlative)


lanesome

lanesome (comparative mair lanesome, superlative maist lanesome)

mair lanesome (comparative)
maist lanesome (superlative)


mixtie-maxtie

mixtie-maxtie (comparative mair mixtie-maxtie, superlative maist mixtie-maxtie)

mair mixtie-maxtie (comparative)
maist mixtie-maxtie (superlative)


lichtsome

lichtsome (comparative mair lichtsome, superlative maist lichtsome)

mair lichtsome (comparative)
maist lichtsome (superlative)


teckle

teckle (comparative mair teckle, superlative maist teckle)

mair teckle (comparative)
maist teckle (superlative)


smairt

smairt (comparative mair smairt, superlative maist smairt)

mair smairt (comparative)
maist smairt (superlative)


baittle

baittle (comparative mair baittle, superlative maist baittle)

mair baittle (comparative)
maist baittle (superlative)


dwaible

dwaible (comparative mair dwaible, superlative maist dwaible)

mair dwaible (comparative)
maist dwaible (superlative)


dweeble

dweeble (comparative mair dweeble, superlative maist dweeble)

mair dweeble (comparative)
maist dweeble (superlative)


frichtsome

frichtsome (comparative mair frichtsome, superlative maist frichtsome)

mair frichtsome (comparative)
maist frichtsome (superlative)


fushionless

fushionless (comparative mair fushionless, superlative maist fushionless)

mair fushionless (comparative)
maist fushionless (superlative)


starny

starny (comparative mair starny, superlative maist starny)

mair starny (comparative)
maist starny (superlative)


taiglesome

taiglesome (comparative mair taiglesome, superlative maist taiglesome)

mair taiglesome (comparative)
maist taiglesome (superlative)


smaw

smaw (comparative smawer, superlative smawest)

smawer (comparative)
smawest (superlative)


aild

aild (comparative mair aild, superlative maist aild)

mair aild (comparative)
maist aild (superlative)


fleid

fleid (comparative mair fleid, superlative maist fleid)

mair fleid (comparative)
maist fleid (superlative)


wanhappy

wanhappy (comparative mair wanhappy, superlative maist wanhappy)

mair wanhappy (comparative)
maist wanhappy (superlative)


spang-new

From Middle English span-neue. Compare English span-new.

His weaknesses […] were a too fond love of jewelry and fine dress[…], and eke the petticoated portion of mankind, to whom last he was always as an Endymion spang new from Elysium

1885, James Lumsden, “Rural Reminiscences”, in Rural Rhymes and Sketches in East Lothian, page 119:

His weaknesses were too much fondness for jewelry and fine dress, and also anyone in petticoats, who always followed him like a brand new Endymion returned from Elysium


driech

driech (comparative mair driech, superlative maist driech)

mair driech (comparative)
maist driech (superlative)


strappan

strappan (comparative mair strappan, superlative maist strappan)

mair strappan (comparative)
maist strappan (superlative)


forfoughen

forfoughen (comparative mair forfoughen, superlative maist forfoughen)

mair forfoughen (comparative)
maist forfoughen (superlative)


codracht

An coddroch hussy keeped an house by herself […]

1618, The Chronicle of Perth, section 79:

The idle, vagabond, and codroche people are to be warded till they find caution that they shall not return […]

1627, The Annals of Banff, volume I, section 57:


boukit

boukit (comparative mair boukit, superlative maist boukit)

mair boukit (comparative)
maist boukit (superlative)


bookit

bookit (comparative mair bookit, superlative maist bookit)

mair bookit (comparative)
maist bookit (superlative)


loesome

loesome (comparative mair loesome, superlative maist loesome)

mair loesome (comparative)
maist loesome (superlative)

a loesome lass


magerful

magerful (comparative mair magerful, superlative maist magerful)

mair magerful (comparative)
maist magerful (superlative)


apparand

He is her apparand husband.


cramasie

cramasie (comparative mair cramasie, superlative maist cramasie)

mair cramasie (comparative)
maist cramasie (superlative)


saughen

Alternative form of sauchen (“of or relating to the willow”)


shawy

shawy (comparative mair shawy, superlative maist shawy)

mair shawy (comparative)
maist shawy (superlative)


shirpit

shirpit (comparative mair shirpit, superlative maist shirpit)

mair shirpit (comparative)
maist shirpit (superlative)


droichy

droichy (comparative mair droichy, superlative maist droichy)

mair droichy (comparative)
maist droichy (superlative)


nint

From Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; the -n- was reinserted by analogy with nine.


malagrugrous

malagrugrous (comparative mair malagrugrous, superlative maist malagrugrous)

mair malagrugrous (comparative)
maist malagrugrous (superlative)


forsunken

forsunken (comparative mair forsunken, superlative maist forsunken)

mair forsunken (comparative)
maist forsunken (superlative)


rouky

rouky (comparative mair rouky, superlative maist rouky)

mair rouky (comparative)
maist rouky (superlative)


gend

gend (comparative mair gend, superlative maist gend)

mair gend (comparative)
maist gend (superlative)


wandought

wandought (comparative mair wandought, superlative maist wandought)

mair wandought (comparative)
maist wandought (superlative)

Alternative form of wandocht (undoughty)


wandocht

wandocht (comparative mair wandocht, superlative maist wandocht)

mair wandocht (comparative)
maist wandocht (superlative)


goustrous

goustrous (comparative mair goustrous, superlative maist goustrous)

mair goustrous (comparative)
maist goustrous (superlative)