| 释义 |
voky, vokie, a. Sc.|ˈvəʊkɪ|
Also 8 vowkie.
[f. prec.]
Proud, vain, elated. (In first quot. as n. personified.)
a1510Douglas K. Hart ii. 523 To Vant and Voky ȝe beir this rowm slef. 1599James Melvill Diary (1842) 459 That gossope..was na litle vokie for getting of the bern's name. 1755R. Forbes Jrnl. fr. London in Ajax's Sp. 30, I was fidgin fain an' unco vokie fan I gat out oner her. 1768Ross Helenore iii. 108 Of your consent..I'm mair nor fain, And vowkie [ed. 2 vokie] that I can ca' you my ain. 1871Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxvii, He was met at the door by his mamma, who was in the mood described as ‘vokie’. |