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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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REGAIRD, v., n. Sc. form and usages of Eng. regard (Rnf. 1721 W. Hector Judicial Rec. (1876) 99; Abd. 1865 G. Macdonald Alec Forbes ii.; Kcb. 1885 A. J. Armstrong Friend and Foe 195; Sc. a.1894 Stevenson New Poems (1918) 51; Fif., Lth., Ayr. 1923-26 Wilson; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein, Rxb. 1942 Zai). Gen.Sc. See P.L.D. § 51.(2). [rə′ge:rd] Deriv. rega(i)rdless, heedless, uncaring (Gall. 1904 E.D.D.; I., n. and m.Sc., Uls. 1968); specif. indifferent to the outward appearances of religion, irreligious (Sh., Cai. 1968). Also used substantively.Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch xiii.:
Living a wild, wicked, regardless life.Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 36:
The regairdless sinner teuk the sheet aff o' the deid body.Per. 1894 H. Haliburton Furth in Field 137:
The “regairdless” again, neither feared God nor regarded man.Edb. 1900 E. H. Strain Elmslie's Drag-Net 70:
Losh keep's, that was a regardless pagan kin o' prank.