birkien.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbəːki/, U.S.

/ˈbərki/, Scottish English

/ˈbɪrkɪ/

Forms: Also birky.

Etymology: Connection has been suggested with Old Norse berkja to bark, boast, which might do for the sense, but the form is uncertain.

Scottish.

A. n.

1. A familiar or jocular term for a man, often connoting self-assertion, crustiness, or the ‘having a mind of his own’; sometimes slightly depreciatory = ‘strutting fellow,’ but often, like ‘fellow,’ ‘carle,’ ‘chield,’ without definable force.

ΚΠ

1724 A. Ramsay Poems (1800) 92 (Jam.) Spoke like ye'rsell, auld birky; never fear.

1795 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 763 Ye see yon birkie ca'd, a lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that.

1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) ii. 39 Auld birkies, innocently slee, Wi' cap and stowp.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 261 Folks may speak out afore thae birkies now.

2. A card game, ‘Beggar-my-neighbour’.

ΚΠ

1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1849) II. 396.

1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxxi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 346 Catch me at the cairds, unless it be a game at Birky; for I'm sick o' Whust itsel.

B. adj.

Somewhat irrepressible, active, spirited.

ΚΠ

1821 Ann. Par. Dalmailing 40 (Jam.) Kate, being a nimble and birky thing, was..useful to the lady.

1822 Steam-Boat 38 (Jam.) A gay and birky callan, not to be set down by a look or a word.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. viii. 315 A very fashious trade that of schoolmaistering either bardy lassies or birkey boys.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	birkie
释义	birkien.adj. Brit. /ˈbəːki/, U.S. /ˈbərki/, Scottish English /ˈbɪrkɪ/ Forms: Also birky. Etymology: Connection has been suggested with Old Norse berkja to bark, boast, which might do for the sense, but the form is uncertain. Scottish. A. n. 1. A familiar or jocular term for a man, often connoting self-assertion, crustiness, or the ‘having a mind of his own’; sometimes slightly depreciatory = ‘strutting fellow,’ but often, like ‘fellow,’ ‘carle,’ ‘chield,’ without definable force. ΚΠ 1724 A. Ramsay Poems (1800) 92 (Jam.) Spoke like ye'rsell, auld birky; never fear. 1795 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 763 Ye see yon birkie ca'd, a lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) ii. 39 Auld birkies, innocently slee, Wi' cap and stowp. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 261 Folks may speak out afore thae birkies now. 2. A card game, ‘Beggar-my-neighbour’. ΚΠ 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1849) II. 396. 1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxxi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 346 Catch me at the cairds, unless it be a game at Birky; for I'm sick o' Whust itsel. B. adj. Somewhat irrepressible, active, spirited. ΚΠ 1821 Ann. Par. Dalmailing 40 (Jam.) Kate, being a nimble and birky thing, was..useful to the lady. 1822 Steam-Boat 38 (Jam.) A gay and birky callan, not to be set down by a look or a word. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. viii. 315 A very fashious trade that of schoolmaistering either bardy lassies or birkey boys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1724
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