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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
†GUTTEREL, adj., n. Also guttrel(l).
I. adj. Somewhat gluttonous (Upp. Lnk. 1825 Jam., gutterel).
II. n. A young fat pig (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 249, guttrel).
[Deriv. of Gut, n.1, 1., the belly, through gutter, to eat greedily (found in Dev. and Som. dial.), + suff. -el, in adj. = having a tendency to, in n. used with dim. force.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Gutterel adj., n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 2 Dec 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/gutterel>
