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pliskyn.adv.adj. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown.The β and γ forms apparently show different suffixation (compare -et suffix1, -y suffix6). The form plasket is apparently attested only in Galt (compare quot. 1822 at sense A. 1). Scottish, Irish English ( northern), and English regional ( northern). A. n.the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax 1706 in (1898) 12 99 Its nae forgotten yet, the foul Plisk they play'd us about our Caledonia Business. 1771 J. Finlayson (1814) 46 Beegod, I'll play him a plisky for this. 1816 W. Scott III. xii. 269 I can hae nae reason to play an ill pliskie t'ye in the day o' your distress. 1822 J. Galt II. iii. 31 The Countess, whom I canna believe to have been playing ony plasket. 1887 P. McNeill 154 Get them fu', and we'll soon play them a plisky. 1895 15 Jan. 6/1 The little imp in green which he doubted not had played upon him such a pliskie. 1932 W. D. Cocker 53 The bairnies, comin' hame frae schule, Play pliskies at the door. 1996 C. I. Macafee 256/2 Plisky, a mischievous trick. 1997 E. Morgan 40 I love those eldritch pliskies that are thrown At us from a too playful past. 2017 W. Hershaw (Rook) Gin baists and buirds thole hertscaud, Syne hou no some daft day pliskie? the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits 1818 J. Hogg I. iii. 45 The men saw the pliskie that I was in, and there was a kind o' ruefu' benevolence i' their looks. 1827 A. Rodger 25 Whiles cursing that infernal whisky, Fell cause o' mony a luckless plisky. 1829 in R. Chambers I. 136 Ye little ken what pains I prove, Or how severe my pliskie, O! 1847 E. Brontë I. xiii. 324 Aw nobbut wish he muh cotch ye i' that plisky. 1900 ‘S. Tytler’ iii He did not get beyond a breathless ‘We've gotten into a plisky.’ 1973 E. Morgan 75 Yon is an ourie pliskie! †B. adv.1883–4 363 Atweel, guidwife I played ye plisk When I set aff the day. C. adj.the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [adjective] 1887 J. Service i. iv. 27 Auld Habkin o' the Pethfit, who was a pliskie body. 1912 D. McKie 50 They saw a Tod, an', heth! they kent him weel As baith a plisky an' a grippy chiel. 1953 M. Traynor 214/2 Plisky,..sly, under-hand. 1994 W. N. Herbert 116 Thir plisky spit sall gar yi think thi daith-dive's rinnin frae yir lugs an drippan frae yir toaffy-nebs! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adv.adj.1706 |
