Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GLAMSY, adj. “Of the sky — glittering, bright and dazzling in parts and very dark elsewhere; of a sky showing vivid contrasts of greys and blues and whites — thought to betoken rain or bad weather” (Ork. 1929 Marw.) [′glɑmsi]
[? Corrupt form of Norw. glans, lustre, gloss, + adj. suffix.]
