Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FUNEUCH, adj. Given by dictt. as “glad, pleased, merry” but evidently a misreading of fu [e]neuch, proud enough, proud indeed, where the form fou has been used instead of the more usual Full, adj., 2.Lnk. 1863 J. Hamilton Poems 56:
Oh, funeuch and fain, Was I whan I ca'd the dear lassock my ain.
