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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Misnurtourit,) Misnort(o)urit(t, -ed, ppl. a. Also: misnurtur-, -nurtered. [Nurtourit ppl. a.] Ill-bred, unmannerly, boorish, brutal; ill-disciplined, unruly. Said of persons or their actions or speeches.1553 Perth Hammermen 80.
Quhat maister of craft … missayis the dekyn … be … ony misnorturit wordis, sall pay incontenent ane pound of vax —a1578 Pitsc. II. 84/3 (see Misnurtouritnes b).
Misnortourit —a1578 Pitsc. II. 120/18.
Oft tymes the Scoittis men growis nevir misnorturit nor dissobedient to thair governouris … quhill [etc.] a1598 Ferg. Prov. Nos. 415, 416.
Of misnortured persons: He hes a brasen face, He knowes not the doore be the doore bar [etc.] 1601 Elgin Rec. II. 95.
Misnortouritt 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xix.
Misnurtered kirk buriall is not indifferent a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1160.
My mother bad me witnes quha weill dois furthe, and I tuke misnurtered at my awin hand 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1891) 350.
That which idle on-waiting cannot do, misnurtured crying and knocking will do Ib. 467.
This unruly and misnurtured neighbour
