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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

SKITTEN, adj. Fastidious about food, squeamish in eating (Abd. 1910). Deriv. skittenich, erron. shitnich, id., delicate, sickly; as a n., a peevish fastidious child.Abd. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 65:
A wee drap caul' water . . . gart . . . the bleed creep back tull her skittenich chouks.Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick vi.:
Contermashous little shitnich o' a crater.

[Variant of Skeichen, q.v.]

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