释义 |
vogie, a. Sc.|ˈvəʊgɪ| Also 8 vougy, 9 vogey. [Of obscure origin.] 1. Vain, proud, conceited.
1719Ramsay Epist. Hamilton Answ. ii. ii, ‘Whisht’, quoth the vougy jade. 1788Burns My Hoggie 4 My only beast, I had nae mae, And vow but I was vogie! 1789Ross Helenore (ed. 3) 112 Of your consent, he says, I'm mair nor fain, And vogie that I can ca' you my ain. 1830Galt Lawrie T. vii. xi. (1849) 350, I was somewhat vogie of the valour I had shown her so handsomely off-hand. 2. Merry, cheerful, delighted, gay.
1715in Hogg Jacobite Relics (1819) 81 We took a spring, and danc'd a fling, And wow but we were vogie! a1774Fergusson Ode to Bee Poems (1845) 18 The Muse Scuds ear' and heartsome owre the dews, Fu' vogie and fu' blythe to crap The winsome flowers frae nature's lap. 1822Galt Provost xlii, Many among us thought..that we had got a great catch, and they were both blythe and vogie when he was chosen. 1896in Proudlock Borderland Muse 323 He's harmless as yon vogie lamb That loups beside its sleeping dam. |