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ˈdandilly, a. and n. Sc.
Also dandily.
[app. a deriv. of dandle v.]
A. adj. Petted, spoiled by being made too much of. Jamieson also gives the meaning ‘Celebrated’.
B. n. A pet, a darling.
1500–20Dunbar Schir, Ȝit remembir 62, I wes in ȝowth on nureiss kne, [cald] Dandely, bischop, dandely. 1697Cleland Poems 76 (Jam.) The fate of some [that] were once Dandillies, Might teach the younger stags and fillies, Not for to trample poor cart-horse. 17..in R. Jamieson Pop. Songs (1806) I. 324 (Jam.) And he has married a dandily wife, She wadna shape, nor yet wad she sew. a1808Ross Songs 145 (Jam.) The dandilly toast of the parish Is woo'd and married and a'. 1818Scott Br. Lamm. xxxiv, Yon dandilly maiden..a' glistenin' wi' goud and jewels. |