Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1923
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YITE, adj. Mad, out of one's mind. Erron. form of Gyte, q.v.wm.Sc. 1923 Sc. Univ. Verses 70:
Some would be mockin' me, and sayin' I am yite, When I curse the lichts that wriggle, in the toon's black night.
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