| 释义 |
camstairy, a. Sc.|kamˈsterɪ|
Also -stairie, -starie, -stary, -steary, -steirie.
[Derivation uncertain: first element app. cam crooked, awry.]
Obstinately perverse, unruly, or wilful; fractious.
1776D. Herd Coll. Sc. Songs, When she is fou she is unco camstarie. 1844Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 12. 100 He had a wild, camstary pony. 1863Miss Tytler in Gd. Words Oct. 709/1 No wonder he is camsteary. 1868G. Macdonald R. Falconer I. 195 ‘What are ye sae camstairie for?’ |