Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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AP(P)ETEET(T), n. Sc. form of appetite. [′ɑpɪ̢tit]Sc. 1747 Letter of Lady Duffus in Bentinck Dornoch Cathed. and Par. (1926) 538:
She . . . has littel or no apeteett.Sc. [1825] Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) I. 64:
Nae appeteet! how suld ye hae an appeteet?Sc. 1874 G. Outram Lyrics, Drinkin' Drams ii.:
For he's got an appeteet By drinkin' drams.Abd. 1865 G. Macdonald Alec Forbes (1892) lxx.:
I had nae appeteet.
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