wandoughtn.adj.
/ˈwɒndɒxt/, /ˈwɒndɔːt/, U.S. /ˈwɑndɔt/, /ˈwɑndɑt/, Scottish English /ˈwɔndɔxt/ Scottish.
A. n.
A feeble or puny person.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > weak person
dwininga1400
molla1425
impotenta1513
gristlea1556
weakling1576
puler1579
puling1579
shadow1588
shotten herring1598
doddle1681
sickrel1699
seven-months1724
wandought1726
wallydraigle1736
wreck1795
werewolf1808
windlestraw1818
weed1825
shammock1828
sickling1834
forcible feeble1844
dwindle1847
weedling1849
crock1876
feebling1887
asthenic1893
dodderer1907
pencil-neck1956
burnt-out case1959
weakie1959
1726 W. Starrat Pastoral in Praise A. Ramsay (single sheet) And whan thou bids the paughty Czar stand yone, The Wandought seems aneath thee on his Throne.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 9 Lindy is..Nae bursen bailch, nae wandought [1796, 1812, wandough] or misgrown, But plump an' swack an' like an apple round.
1850 J. Struthers Poet. Wks. I. My Life 10 Mrs. Baillie..out of pure compassion for the wandought, had him frequently brought in to her.
B. adj.
Feeble, ineffective, worthless.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > unable or incompetent
insufficientc1386
insuffisant1387
unable1395
unsufficient1395
weak1423
uncompetentc1549
short-handed1622
incompetent1641
ineffective1653
nequient1656
inefficient1750
wandought1788
no good1838
non-efficient1863
1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 160 My wandocht, rustic Muse, Gane hafflens daiz't an' doitet, Begins to glunch.
1819 A. Balfour Campbell I. xviii. 334 That wandought ne'er-do-weel o' a dominie.
1836 M. Mackintosh Cottager's Daughter 62 She was nane o your wandought menseless folk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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