Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Unlucky.
- Restive; unmanageable.
- Affectedly neat and trim: implying the idea of self-importance.
- Sickly; ailing: as, he's sair kep'n doon wi' a donsie wife and donsie bairns.
Examples
“Ye wad na ben sae donsie, O. Ive seen the day ye butterd my brose,”
“Their donsie tricks, their black mistakes, [restive]”
“Ye wad na been sae donsie, O; [would not have, testy]”
“I was roused from my sleep by the sharp motion of the vessel; but did not get very wide awake, for I felt donsie and there was a dull ringing in my head along with a great dull pain.”
“The Lowland Scotch has _donsie_, "unfortunate, stupid.”
“But what is to become of the poor donsie woman, no one can expound.”
“Ye wadna been sae donsie, O! I've seen the day ye butter'd my brose,”
“Don†™ t forget about the dialect: dauncy / donsie, faunch, and jockey box”
Lists
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Quaintnesses
For those who wish no words were ever forgotten
opprobrium, tedium, encomium, odium, ire, enmity, beguile, wile, brazen, popinjay, squit, hoity-toity and 1161 more...
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Dr. Jamieson on Human Nature
Unflattering Scots terms and nicknames for people and their perceived or imagined foibles, follies, and failings. Gleaned from Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
abbey-laird, donnat, donsie, doncie, braw-warld, falsar, gileynour, gilainger, gillet, gillflirt, gy, haniel and 105 more...
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
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hernesheir doncie Jun 24, 2011