dooms, adv. Sc.
(duːmz)
[Origin uncertain.
Prob. from doom n. Some have conjectured connexion with Icel. dáindis- pretty, rather, prefixed to adjs. and advs. Cf. also done adv.]
Very, exceedingly.
| 1815 Scott Guy M. xxxii, ‘It was not sae dooms likely that he would go down into battle wi' sic sma' means.’ 1816 ― Old Mort. xxiii, ‘I wasna that dooms stupid.’ 1893 Stevenson Catriona 20 My case is dooms hard. |