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单词 tauted
释义

tauted

/ˈtɔːtɪd/
(also tawted, tautit) Scottish and Irish English (northern )
adjective
Of hair, the coat of an animal, etc.: tangled, matted; long and unkempt. Of a person or animal: having tangled, unkempt hair; shaggy. Compare earlier tatted, slightly later tauty.
  • Sc. National Dict. (at Taut v.) records this word as still in use in the Northern Isles, Caithness, Angus, and west central Scotland in 1972..

Origin

Late 18th century; earliest use found in Robert Burns (1759–1796), poet. Variant of tatted.

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