goustyadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡaʊsti/, U.S.

/ˈɡaʊsti/, Scottish English

/ˈɡʌʊstɪ/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s gousty, 1800s gowsty; Scottish pre-1700 gowstie, pre-1700 gowsty, pre-1700 1700s–1800s gousty, pre-1700 1800s goustie.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown; with the ending, compare -y suffix¹. Compare goustly adj.Some examples of this word may be influenced semantically by association with gust n.¹, goustrous adj., or ghostly adj.

Scottish and English regional (northern).

Large and empty or hollow; ‘dreary in consequence of extent or emptiness, waste, desolate’; also of sound, such as ‘is emitted from a place that is empty or hollow’ (Jamieson).

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1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. ii. 6 Quhair Eolus the kyng In gowstie cavis [L. vasto antro], the wyndis lowde quhisling..refrenis.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. i. 21 That feirfull gousty cave.

a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) ii. 295 He observed..that the black man's Voice was hough and goustie.

1721 A. Ramsay Ode to Mr. F—— With ghaists to roam, In gloumie Pluto's gousty dome.

1721 A. Ramsay Content 269 The architecture not so fine as good Nor scrimp nor gousty,—regular and plain.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Goustie 2, what is accounted ghostly, super~natural.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 22 I would never have thought for a moment of staying in that auld gousty toom house.

1818 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (ed. 2) 35 A gousty cawdron boil'd an' feamed.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Gowsty, gowstly, ghastly, frightful. Also dismal or uncomfortable, as applied to a house without ceiling, &c. ‘What a gowsty hole he lives in.’

1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) x. 209 The dark, gousty hay-loft into which a light was never admitted.

1875 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby 81 ‘A gousty spot’, said of a ruined building when the wind enters at all points.

in combination.1662 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 607 They [elves] speak gowstie lyk.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gousty
释义	goustyadj. Brit. /ˈɡaʊsti/, U.S. /ˈɡaʊsti/, Scottish English /ˈɡʌʊstɪ/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s gousty, 1800s gowsty; Scottish pre-1700 gowstie, pre-1700 gowsty, pre-1700 1700s–1800s gousty, pre-1700 1800s goustie. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown; with the ending, compare -y suffix¹. Compare goustly adj.Some examples of this word may be influenced semantically by association with gust n.¹, goustrous adj., or ghostly adj. Scottish and English regional (northern). Large and empty or hollow; ‘dreary in consequence of extent or emptiness, waste, desolate’; also of sound, such as ‘is emitted from a place that is empty or hollow’ (Jamieson). ΚΠ 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. ii. 6 Quhair Eolus the kyng In gowstie cavis [L. vasto antro], the wyndis lowde quhisling..refrenis. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. i. 21 That feirfull gousty cave. a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) ii. 295 He observed..that the black man's Voice was hough and goustie. 1721 A. Ramsay Ode to Mr. F—— With ghaists to roam, In gloumie Pluto's gousty dome. 1721 A. Ramsay Content 269 The architecture not so fine as good Nor scrimp nor gousty,—regular and plain. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Goustie 2, what is accounted ghostly, super~natural. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian i, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 22 I would never have thought for a moment of staying in that auld gousty toom house. 1818 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (ed. 2) 35 A gousty cawdron boil'd an' feamed. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Gowsty, gowstly, ghastly, frightful. Also dismal or uncomfortable, as applied to a house without ceiling, &c. ‘What a gowsty hole he lives in.’ 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) x. 209 The dark, gousty hay-loft into which a light was never admitted. 1875 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby 81 ‘A gousty spot’, said of a ruined building when the wind enters at all points. in combination.1662 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 607 They [elves] speak gowstie lyk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1513
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