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UNWORDY, adj. Also oonwordy (Sc. 1779 A. Scott The Contrast 7), -wirdy (Sh. 1973); oonworthy (Bnff. 1915 W. S. Bruce Nor'-East 118). Sc. forms of Eng. unworthy (Gall. 1796 J. Lauderdale Poems 78; e.Lth. 1796 R. Gall Poems (1819) 29; Slk. 1819 Hogg Tales (1874) 148). Adv. unwordily, unworthily (Sc. 1803 Scott Minstrelsy III. 11, s.Sc. 1838 Wilson's Tales of the Borders V. 52). See wordy, Worth, n., Wanworthy.Slk. 1819 James Hogg, ed. Douglas Mack Selected Stories and Sketches (1982) 19:
"I thought I aince heard Jamie Fletcher sayin that there was nae deil ava." "Ah! the unwordy rascal! How durst he for the life o' him! ..."
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