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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1823, 1893-1933

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BEGOT(T)ED, BEGOTTIT, Begutted, Bigoted, Bigotit, ppl.adj. [bə′gɔtɪ̢t, bə′gʌtɪ̢t]

1. Bigoted; deceived.Ags. 1893 Arbroath Herald (22 June) 2/3:
Sandy thinks he's gey sair begottit in his ain ideas.Edb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick iii.:
There was Geordie Runciman the carrier . . . a raal douce, obleegin chiel; but as be-gotted as ony o' them.Lnk.3 1933:
Aye, I'm a Tee Totaller — but no a begotted ane.Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 397:
Munshes wus a verra bigotit papist, an that's hoo there's sae mony Eerish aboot Da'beattie.

2. Infatuated.Ags. 1894 "F. Mackenzie" Humours of Glenbruar xx.:
I dinna think I ever kent a lass so begutted in a man afore.m.Sc. 1920 "O. Douglas" Penny Plain xix.:
Mrs Reid was a nice creature, "fair bigoted," as they say here, on her son Peter.Ayr. 1823 Galt Entail lxvi.:
She is in a begoted state to another.

[Not given in D.O.S.T. The earliest quot. for bigot in N.E.D. is dated 1598, and for bigoted 1645. The n. has come to us through the Fr. but its further origin is disputed. Sc. has retained the Fr. accent in the adj. The Sc. bi′gott would correspond in pronunciation to the reply of the Norse chieftain (Hrolf or Rollo) to a request that he should kiss the foot of Charles the Simple, "ne se, bi got," which Weekley considers a possible origin of the Fr. bigot. (See N.E.D.)]

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