Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
UNORDINAR, adj. Also -ord(i)na(i)r, -ordainer. Sc. forms of obsol. Eng. unordinary, unusual, extraordinary (s.Sc. 1847 H. S. Riddell Poems 32, unordinair, Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 12, unordnar; m. and s.Sc. 1973); †disorderly. See Ordinar, adj.Inv. 1710 Trans. Inv. Scientif. Soc. VIII. 351:
The said prentice shall not haunt or frequent Taverns or deboched Company play at Cards Dyce or any other unordainer game.
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Unordinar adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Jan 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/unordinar>
