10 LIBROS DEL INGLÉS RELACIONADOS CON «CAPERNOITIE»
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he said. "'Tis fair capernoitie a lass ye are, to be sure." "I needn't ask what those
words mean, Mr. Rudesby. They are insults — insults which you are too cowardly
to express in the King's English." "I'm nae cowardly at all. Glumchin' is sulkin'.
Elizabeth Mansfield, 1986
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language
CAPERNOITIE, s. Noddle, S.—-Perhaps q. the seat of peevish humour.
CAPEROI LIE, s. Heath peas, Orobus tuberosus, Linn., Clydes. The Ir'napparls of
Mearns, and Carmcle, or Carmylie of the Highlands. CAPERONISH, adj. Good;
excellent ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone, 1846
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
Capernoitie, Noddle, S. — " His capernoitie's no oure the bizzin' yet wi' the sight
of the Loch fairies." Saint Patrick, iii. 42. Perhaps q. the seat of peevish humour.
CAPEROILIE, s. Heath pease, Orobus tubero- sus, Linn. Clydes.; the Knapparts
of ...
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To ...
CAPERNOITIE, adj. Add to definition in Dict. : whimsical, witless. CARAGE,
Carages, s. V. Carritch. CARKNET, *. A necklace. V. CARCAT. He gae me a
carhiet of bonnie beads And bade me keep it agane my needs. Ballad,
Cospatrick.
John Jamieson, John Longmuir, David Donaldson (F.E.I.S.), 1887
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish language
The mountain cock, Tetrao urogallus, Linn. S. Bellenden. — Gael. capullecoille,
id. Perhaps from Gael, cabar, a branch, andcaofocft, acock, i. acock of the
branches. CAPERN0ITEDNES3, s. Obstinacy ; perversity. Dr. Chalmcit.
CAPERNOITIE ...
John Jamieson, John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.), John Longmuir, 1895
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
—adj.Capernait′ic.—adv.Capernait′ically. [Capernaum, a town in Galilee.]
Capernoitie,kapernoi′ti, n.(Scot.) head,noddle. —n.Capernoi′tedness.—adjs.
Capernoi′ty, Capernoi′ted, peevish: crabbed. Capias, kā′pias, n.ajudicial
writ, ...
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The Cabinet of Modern Art, and Literary Souvenir
... eternally comparing each other to Robert Burns, and sneering at all poets
whose minds do not seem to have been cast in the same mould with their own. A
smooth and " capernoitie" race, That scarcely dare a 221 THE CONVERSAZIONE
.
Alaric Alexander Watts, 1832
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The Literary souvenir; or, Cabinet of poetry and romance, ...
... eternally comparing each other to Robert Burns, and sneering at all poets
whose minds do not seem to have been cast in the same mould with their own. A
smooth and " capernoitie" race, That scarcely dare a 224 THE CONVERSAZIONE
.
Alaric Alexander Watts, 1832
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An etmological dictionary of the scottish language
CAPERCAILYE, CAPERCALY- EANE, s. The mountain cock, Tetrao urogallus,
Linn. S. Bettcnden. Gael. : capullecoille, id. CAPERNOITIE, CAPERNOITED, adj.
Crabbed, irritable, peevish, S. Hamilton. Isl. kappe, certamen, and nyt-a uti, q.
A smooth and " capernoitie" race, That scarcely dare a " howdy" face !* Too "
prudent" and "discreet" a throng, To revel o'er a prurient song ;j- And all unskilled
to hide a flaw, Beneath a veil of Scotch patois. But to return : you ask, my friend,
How ...
Alaric Alexander Watts, 1832
