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unˈdought Sc. Now rare or Obs.
Forms: 6 wn-, 7 vn-, undought; 6 wn-, vn-, 8 undocht, 7 vndoght; 6 vndoche, 7 undoch.
[un-1 12 + dought n. or a. Cf. NFris. ündöght worthless person; WFris. on-, ûnducht corrupt or morbid matter; obs. Flem. ondocht a worthless kind of crab (Kilian).]
An ineffective worthless person. (Cf. wandought.)
1508Kennedie Flyting w. Dunbar 508 Tak the a fidill, or a floyt & geste, Wndought [v.r. vndocht], thou art ordanyt to not ellis! a1583Montgomerie Flyting 454 (Tullib. MS.), Let nevir þis vndoche [v.rr. vndoght, vndought] of evill doing Irk. 1636W. Scot Apol. Narr. (1846) 239 Mr. George Grahame, the undought of Bishops. 1679in Wodrow Hist. Suff. Ch. Scot. (1828) IV. 501 Mr. Brown being removed, they will have little to do to trample upon the poor undought that is left behind. 1721Ramsay Poems Gloss., Undocht, or wandocht, a silly weak person. |