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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
¶TRAMPILFEYST, adj. Unmanageable, unruly, “untoward” (Rxb. 1825 Jam.).
[A variant of the obscure Amplefeyst, Bumple feist, gumple-face s.v. Gumple, n.1, Wimplefeyst. The word appears orig. to have been a n.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Trampilfeyst adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/trampilfeyst>
