mirdingn.
/ˈməːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmərdɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈmɪrdɪŋ/ Scottish.
Meddling; (also) dalliance, flirtation.
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the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun]
dalliancec1385
mirding1614
coquetry1656
gallanting1664
coquetting1690
flirting1710
flirtation1718
philandering1737
agacerie1787
carryings-on1909
vamping1918
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > [noun] > interference or meddling
entermetinga1325
intromeddle1524
interfering1562
meddle1602
intermeddling1611
mirding1614
interference1783
meddlinga1797
intermeddlement1836
meddlement1842
intromission1884
1614 P. Forbes Epist. Recusant 27 in Defence Except that there perhaps he thought some occasion might be catched to calumniat, or that there, was ministred to him some matter of mirding.
1624 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 184 [Two women] to..confess ther falt of mirding, launching and playing them the last Sabothe.
1928 A. D. Mackie In Two Tongues 40 Bein gotten as men are gotten Wi' mirdin' o' flesh and bane.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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