A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1671
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]
(Thouchtines,) Thoghtiness, n. [Tho(u)cht n.] Disposition to think deeply or brood; melancholy. —1671 Nimmo Narr. 4.
My father … was resolved to use authoretie quhich was not pleasing to me & increassed my thoghtines
