A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1500
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
(Seriosity,) Seriosite(e, n. [Late L. seriositat- seriousness; cf. e.m.E. seriosity (1637), earlier ceryowste (Prompt. Parv.) and seriowste (c1490).] Seriousness. — a1500 Henr. Orph. 424.
Doctour Nicholas … Applyis it to gude moralitee, Rycht full of frute and seriositee [Asl. seriosite]
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Seriosity n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 2 Apr 2026 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/seriosity>
