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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1913

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†KITERAL, n. Also ketrail. “A term used to express the greatest contempt and abhorrence” (Sc. 1808 Jam.), a filthy wretch. Used as coll. n. in quot.Mry. 1913 Northern Scot:
Ye're nae ane o' the Burnside kiteral frae Braefit.

[O.Sc. ketterel, id., from a.1572. Appar. a deriv. of Du. ketter, Norw. kjettar, Ger. ketzer, a heretic, a sodomite, with semantic development sim. to Eng. bugger.]

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