Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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CONSTERNATION, n. Sc. nonce usage: a source of wonder, an extraordinary thing.Ayr. 1913 J. Service Memorables 122, 126, 150:
She's juist a consternation to be seen. . . . It would have been a consternation to you to see how the fire was forgotten. . . . It was a consternation to his freen's whaur a' his fine feck o' gear and lying siller had gane.
