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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STUNKARD, adj., n. Also stonkard, -erd, -art; stunkerd, -art, -ert. [′stʌŋkərd, -ərt]

I. adj. Sulky, surly, perversely or sullenly obstinate (Sc. 1808 Jam., stunkart; Lnk., Wgt., Dmf. 1971). Derivs. stunkardy, somewhat surly, stunkertness, perverseness.Sc. 1732 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) III. 229:
And Moral Saws; Mair pithy, Men of Sense agree, Than stonkard Laws.Sc. 1784 Caled. Mercury (27 Sept.):
Tho' ye in stunkard verse wa'd flee.Rnf. 1805 G. McIndoe Poems 43:
Peevish, dorty, sour and stunkerd.Ayr. 1821 Scots Mag. (April) 351:
A lang leish o' clishmaclavers anent their stunkertness.Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet ii.:
It's a sore thing to see a stunkard cow kick down the pail when it's reaming fou.m.Lth. 1857 Misty Morning 273:
She fairly took the gee, an' in a stunkert fit lockit hersel' up in her bed-room.Rnf. 1876 D. Gilmour Paisley Weavers 90:
Whose manner being stunkardy his kindest acts were performed in a gruff ungracious way.

II. n. A sulky person (Ayr. 1971).Gsw. 1910:
Aa richt, ye stunkart, dinna tell me.

[O.Sc. stunkard, = I., c.1660, a deriv. in -ard of *stunk- (see note to Stunk), poss. an altered form of E.M.E., now only dial., stunt, curt in manner, rudely blunt, obstinate, from which stunted derives. Despite the evidence the word may have been orig. a n., as its form suggests, later used attrib.]

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