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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶FISTRICAL, adj. Superstitious, given to believing in the supernatural (Ork. 1930). [The form is very suspect and may be a corruption of Freutery in a deriv. form.]
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"Fistrical adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/snd00088772>
