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Word: Oorie
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 18th century; earliest use found in Robert Burns (1759–1796), poet. Origin uncertain. Sc. National Dict at ourie adj. suggests derivation ultimately from a variant of owl or owl; compare also Scots oor to huddle with cold, shiver, oorit cold, shivery
Definition:
Dismal, gloomy; cheerless; miserable as a result of cold, illness, etc.
Definition:
Of a thing: uncanny, disquieting; = "eerie".
Variant Forms:
- ourie
- owrie
- ourey
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