sculdudderyn.

Brit.

/skʌlˈdʌdəri/, U.S.

/ˌskəlˈdədəri/, Scottish English

/skʌlˈdʌdərɪ/

Forms: Also 1700s sculdudry, 1700s–1800s sculduddry, 1800s skulduddery; cf. also skulduggery n.

Etymology: Of obscure origin.

Scottish and U.S.

1. ‘A term, now used in a ludicrous manner, to denote those causes that come under the judgment of an ecclesiastical court, which respect some breach of chastity’ (Jamieson).Jamieson's words imply that the word was originally in serious use, but of this there seems to be no evidence.

ΚΠ

1714 S. Centlivre Wonder iii. 43 But I'm seer there's na sike honest People here, or there wou'd na be so muckle Sculdudrie [note Fornication].

1714 A. Ramsay Elegy John Cowper 5 There's none..Could sa'r sculdudry out like John.

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. ix. 231 If any one is brought before a Presbytery &c. to be questioned for Sculduddery, i.e. Fornication, or Adultery.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 78 [They] can find out naething but a wee-bit skulduddery for the benefit of the Kirk-treasurer.

2. Obscenity.

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1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees ix. 271 All the sculduddery of the business might have been well spared from the eye of the public.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 249 Speaking blasphemy and sculduddry.

3. attributive passing into adj.

a. Concerned with ‘sculduddery’ as a punishable offence.

ΚΠ

1756 in A. Pennecuik et al. Coll. Scots Poems 136 Sculdudry-fowk may now sing dool, And steep their graith in a cald pool.

1772 ‘H. Clinker’ Folly Witless Women 3 They did na' like sculdudery wark, but said na meikle against it.

b. Of literature or conversation: obscene.

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1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 232 The rental-book..was lying beside him; and a book of sculduddry sangs was put betwixt the leaves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sculduddery
释义	sculdudderyn. Brit. /skʌlˈdʌdəri/, U.S. /ˌskəlˈdədəri/, Scottish English /skʌlˈdʌdərɪ/ Forms: Also 1700s sculdudry, 1700s–1800s sculduddry, 1800s skulduddery; cf. also skulduggery n. Etymology: Of obscure origin. Scottish and U.S. 1. ‘A term, now used in a ludicrous manner, to denote those causes that come under the judgment of an ecclesiastical court, which respect some breach of chastity’ (Jamieson).Jamieson's words imply that the word was originally in serious use, but of this there seems to be no evidence. ΚΠ 1714 S. Centlivre Wonder iii. 43 But I'm seer there's na sike honest People here, or there wou'd na be so muckle Sculdudrie [note Fornication]. 1714 A. Ramsay Elegy John Cowper 5 There's none..Could sa'r sculdudry out like John. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. ix. 231 If any one is brought before a Presbytery &c. to be questioned for Sculduddery, i.e. Fornication, or Adultery. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 78 [They] can find out naething but a wee-bit skulduddery for the benefit of the Kirk-treasurer. 2. Obscenity. ΚΠ 1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees ix. 271 All the sculduddery of the business might have been well spared from the eye of the public. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 249 Speaking blasphemy and sculduddry. 3. attributive passing into adj. a. Concerned with ‘sculduddery’ as a punishable offence. ΚΠ 1756 in A. Pennecuik et al. Coll. Scots Poems 136 Sculdudry-fowk may now sing dool, And steep their graith in a cald pool. 1772 ‘H. Clinker’ Folly Witless Women 3 They did na' like sculdudery wark, but said na meikle against it. b. Of literature or conversation: obscene. ΚΠ 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 232 The rental-book..was lying beside him; and a book of sculduddry sangs was put betwixt the leaves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1714
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