kiaughkauchn.
/kjɔːx/, /kjɔː/, /kɔːx/, /kɔːk/, U.S. /kjɔ/, /kjɑ/, /kjɔx/, /kjɑx/, /kɔk/, /kɑk/, /kɔx/, /kɑx/, Scottish English /kjɔx/ Scottish.
Trouble, worry.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [noun] > causing worry > cause of worry
disquietation1526
disquiet1574
distract1624
inquietudes1652
chagrin1656
disquietmenta1658
disquietude1711
kiaugh1786
worry1813
worrit1818
worriment1833
tsuris1901
1786 R. Burns Cotter's Sat. Night iii, in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 146 His clean hearth-stane, his thrifty Wifie's smile, The lisping infant, prattling on his knee, Does a' his weary kiaugh and care [1793 carking cares] beguile.
1794 Poems, Eng. Scotch & Latin 97 (Jam.) Your caigh and care ahint you fling.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. (at cited word) To be in a kauch, to be in an extreme flutter, not knowing which way to turn; over head and ears in business.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Keach, Keagh, uneasiness of mind,..bustle, anxious exertion.
1881 L. B. Walford in Good Words 402/1 Me in a kauch of work, an' Meg kirnin', an' a' the hooss wrang side up maist.
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