| 释义 |
skivie, a. Sc.|ˈskaɪvɪ|
Also skaivie.
[Of obscure origin: cf. Du. scheef, ON. skeifr askew, asquint.]
Harebrained; mentally deranged.
1808Jamieson, Skaivie, harebrained; applied to one who acts as if in a delirium, or on the borders of insanity. 1824Scott Redgauntlet ch. vii, ‘He means mad,’ said the party appealed to... ‘Ye have it—ye have it’, said Peter, ‘that is, not clean skivie, but—’. |