I pulled a dish towel out of the drawer this morning, and it was the one my dear Peggy sent. It has "a unique range of quid Scots words." (It says that on the towel!) I don't know what "quid Scots words" means, either. Anyway,
here's the list, per the towel:
braw (br-aaw) adj. = fine, pleasant esp. weather
mauchit (maw-kit) adj. = dirty, filthy, stinky, muddy ("Lookit the colour o' ye, ya mauchit wee to'rag")
glaikit (glai-kit) adj. = stupid, silly
dreich (dre-ech) adj. = drab, dreary
besom (biz-um) n. = female upstart
crabbit (cra-bit) adj. = ill-tempered, grumpy
laldie (lall-dy) n. = a thrashing, a sound beating
canny (can-y) adj. = cautious, hesitant, frugal
scunner (scun-ner) v. = to feel aversion; n. = strong dislike; n. = nuisance.
fankle (fan-kle) n. an entanglement ("Dinnae get yersel' in a fankle")
more to come.....
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