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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: 1929

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BEMILDED, adj. (See quot.) [bi′mɪldəd]Ork. 1929 Marw.:
"I'm sittan here fairly (completely) bemilded" — i.e. sitting regardless of the necessity of going, without energy or initiative to get up and go.

[Origin uncertain but N.E.D. gives an obs. v. mild, to make mild or gentle, evidently derived from mild, adj.; O.E. has mildian, to become mild.]

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