Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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JESIMY, n. A corruption of -gesima in Quinquagesima, Sexagesima, etc., applied to the Sundays before Lent in the Anglican and Roman calendar.Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick iii.:
A wis thinkin though o' witin ur we wis throwe the Jesimy Sundays an' Lint an' seen getting 't deen as seen aifter Pace as we cud manage 't.
