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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1742-1788
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CAPPIT, Cappid, adj. Also caput.
†1. “Crabbed, ill-humoured, peevish” (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.).Sc. 1755 J. Fleming Robert Adam (1962) 173:
Allan [Ramsay] is a caput, tyrannical body in his own house.Abd.(D) 1742 R. Forbes Ajax his Speech in Sc. Poems (1767) 7:
There fight your fill, since ye are grown Sae unco' crous an' cappit.Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems, etc. 65:
An' aft has gart the cappit chiel Break through the laws.
2. “Fickle; flighty; whimsical” (Sc. 1911 S.D.D., cappid). Not known to our correspondents.
[O.Sc. cappit, capped, peevish, ill-humoured, crabbed, earliest quot. a.1585 (D.O.S.T.); Mid.Eng. coppid, c.1449, prob. from cop, head.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Cappit adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 12 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/cappit>
