Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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APPETIZED, -ISED, ppl.adj. Furnished with an appetite, hungry. — Treated as a Scotticism by Sinclair Ob. Sc. Dial. (1782) 145. “In English the simple vb. is perhaps only colloq.” (N.E.D.). [ɑpɪ̢′taɪzd]Sc. 1798 J. Bannantine Scotticisms, Monthly Mag. II. 436:
I am well appetized for my dinner; I have got a good appetite for dinner.Sc. 1820 Scott Monastery Intro. Ep. I. 22:
Supper, for which I feel rather more appetized than usual.Sc. 1824 Scott St Ronan's W. xvii.:
A corpulent and well-appetized elderly gentleman.
