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▪ I. † sussy, n. Sc. Obs. Also 6 sussie, sowcy. [a. OF. soussy (mod.F. souci), vbl. n. f. soussier: see next.] Care, trouble.
1513Douglas æneis iv. Prol. 236 Quhat sussy, cuir, and strang ymagyning? a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 307 My lord of Angus tuik lyttill sussie of the samin. 1587W. Fowler Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 120 He..who hes of his state ones sowcy, cair, and feare. 1591R. Bruce Serm. iii. G 6, Ane King that hath na kind of cair, nor sussie [ed. 1843 soucie] of his subjectis. ▪ II. † ˈsussy, v. Sc. Obs. Also 6 sussie. [a. OF. soussier:—L. sollicitāre to rouse, excite, solicit.] 1. intr. To care, trouble.
c1550Rolland Crt. Venus ii. 428 Sussie not, for thow will get reskew. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xvi. 76 He susseis not thre strais Quha suld be rewlar. a1609A. Hume Ep. G. Moncrieff 318, I sussie not how viuely they be tuitched. b. With negative and const. inf.: Not to refuse to do something.
1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 171 Thou susseit nocht to suffer deid. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xiii. 38 Cain aganis his brother did Rebell, And susseit not to sched his saikles blude. 1580–90J. Stewart Poems (S.T.S.) II. 113 The fengȝeit freind..susseis not to leif his freind in smart. 2. trans. To care for, regard.
c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxx. 22 Thay sussy not thair God abufe. ▪ III. sussy, a. slang.|ˈsʌsɪ| [Shortened f. suspicious a. or suspected ppl. a. + -y1; cf. sus, suss n.] Suspicious, suspect, suspected.
1965L. J. Cunliffe Having it Away xiv. 97 It seemed a bit sussy to me. 1974G. F. Newman Price iii. 97 Sneed's questions were becoming more accusing; there was something sussy about Roger Dawes. 1978N. Marsh Grave Mistake iii. 95 He's done porridge for attempted blackmail and he's sussy for bringing the hard stuff ashore. ▪ IV. sussy obs. f. soosy, E. Indian fabric. |