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mirligoes, n. pl. Sc.|ˈmɛrlɪgoz| Also merligoes, merrily-goes, mirlegoes, mirlygoes. [Cf. Sc. dial. mirl to turn round, to be giddy.] Dizziness, vertigo; esp. in the phrase in the mirligoes: in a state of dizziness.
1773Fergusson Ghaists 46 Or else some kittle cantrip thrown, I ween, Has bound in mirlygoes my ain twa ein. 1816Scott Old Mort. xxviii, My head's sae dizzy with the mirligoes. 1893J. A. Barry S. Brown's Bunyip, etc. 99 They havena muckle likin' for sic a med'cin'. It gives them the mirligoes. |