Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1867-1875, 1928-1939, 1995
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‡FEERIOUS, adj. ne.Sc. forms of Eng. furious. Also used adv. Sometimes with extended meaning = extraordinarily good, excellent, and adv. = exceedingly, very (Abd. 1825 Jam.; Bnff.2, Abd.2 1946).Abd. 1867 Mrs Allardyce Goodwife xiii.:
She'll read as clare's the Dominie, An's feerious at the spell.Abd. 1875 G. Macdonald Malcolm III. iii.:
It's nae sic a feerious gran' thing to be my lord's skipper.Abd. 1928 Word-Lore III. vi. 147:
"The vratch chauvt and wammlet," she said, "sae feerious."Bnff. 1939 J. M. Caie Hills and Sea 32:
Fechtin's, they say, nae a feerious trate.Abd. 1995 Flora Garry Collected Poems 18:
Bit fyles yer birss begins to rise
An rummlins fae yer thrapple birl
Wi fearsome gurr an feerious dirl
Like thunner rivin simmer skies.
