The Disappearing Dictionary by Crystal David

The Disappearing Dictionary by Crystal David

Author:Crystal, David
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781447282792
Publisher: Pan Macmillan UK
Published: 2015-05-31T16:00:00+00:00


Central, middle; coming between the eldest and youngest in age. From Cumberland: ‘Is that t’auldest lad er youngest?’ ‘It’s nowder, it’s middlemer’.

mim (adjective)

Berkshire, Cornwall, Durham, Ireland, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Scotland, Suffolk, Yorkshire

Prim, demure; affectedly modest or shy; prudish. The word is imitative of the action of pursing up the mouth when behaving in this way. There’s a Scottish proverb: ‘Maidens should be mim till they’re married, and then they may burn kirks’. And a sad tale from Berkshire: ‘She zet there zo mim as I cood’nt get on no how, an’ zo I got up an’ come away’. The word gave rise to a wide range of expressions with similar meaning, such as mim-mouthed, miminy-mouthed, mimmocky, and mimsey.

mirligo (noun)

Scotland



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