stickit, a. Sc.
(ˈstɪkɪt)
Also sticket.
[Sc. form of sticked ppl. a.]
1. Of a task, a product of labour: Imperfect or bungled, unfinished.
| 1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 60 (E.D.D.) Dad force't her to marry Rob, Whilk surely maks a stickit job. 1818 Scott Br. Lamm. xxxv, But I'll uphaud it for nae stickit job. |
2. Qualifying a personal designation of trade or profession: That has relinquished his intended calling from want of ability or means to pursue it.
| 1815 Scott Guy M. ii, Upon his first attempt, he [Sampson] became totally incapable of proceeding in his intended discourse,..and was ever after designated as a ‘stickit minister’. 1837 Hogg Tales & Sk. III. 62, ‘I canna get her keepit a minute’, said Geordie, ‘for that stickit shopkeeper’. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb ix. 70 Sandy disappointed the hopes of his friends by changing his mind, and turning out a kind of ‘sticket doctor’. |