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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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SAITISFEE, v., n. Also set(e)isfee, setish-, settis-, satisfee; s(a)etisfy. Sc. forms of Eng. satisfy (Sth. 1747 C. D. Bentinck Dornoch (1926) 538; m.Lth. 1857 Misty Morning 258; Abd. 1875 W. Alexander My Ain Folk 63, 1881 W. Paul Past and Present 55; Mry. 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sk. 43; Lth. 1925 C. P. Slater Marget Pow 197; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein). See P.L.D. §§ 45, 49. Pa.p. -feet, -feed. Also used as a n. = the feeling of having had enough, contentment. Deriv. satisfection (Edb. 1886 R. F. Hardy Katie ix.), setishfection (Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 20), settisfaction (Abd. 1862 G. Macdonald D. Elginbrod v.), satisfaction. [′setɪsfi]Abd. 1969:
I never saw sic a gutsy brute. There's nae saitisfee wi him.Abd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 12:
Bit ain o them, fas down wis yalla, an fa, haein ettin his fill, hid naethin tae dae and wisna satisfeed wi jist newsin aboot the things they cud see, drew frae the warmth o the sun a memory he shared.