A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1563-1570
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Skeptik, adj. [Late L. Sceptic-, f. Scepticī the Sceptic philosophers; cf. e.m.E. Scepticks n. pl. (1587), Skeptick adj. (1598).] Sceptical. —1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 57.
Ane cairless [marg. skeptik] hart that taks cuccaldris as thyng indifferent


