Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MORTAGIOUS, adj. Very drunk (Fif. 1912 D. Rorie Mining Folk 406). See Miraculous, and Mortal, I., 3. and cf. Eng. dial. mortacious, very, exceedingly.
[A jocular conflation of mortal + contagious or some sim. word.]
