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GLAIK Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. glaiks plural, chiefly Scottish : derisive deception : mockery 2. chiefly Scottish : a flash of light
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glaik - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · (rare, derogatory) A fool or eccentric person. · A deception. · A brief glance. Related terms. edit · glaikit.
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SND :: glaik - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
A toy for children, composed of several pieces of wood which have the appearance of falling asunder, but are retained in their places by strings.
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glaik
▪ I. glaik, n. Sc. (gleːk) [Of obscure origin; connexion with gleek is suggested by the sense, but its phonological possibility is not evident. Possibly sense 4, though recorded late, may be the original; the notion of ‘deceit’ has often developed from that of ‘dazzling’. Otherwise sense 4 must be r...
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GLAIKIT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of GLAIKIT is foolish, giddy.
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"glaik" definitions and more: Scottish word meaning fool or simpleton
Possible misspelling? More dictionaries have definitions for glair -- could that be what you meant? We found 6 dictionaries that define the word glaik:
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glaikery
ˈglaikery Sc. Also 6 glaikrie. [f. glaik n. + -ery.] Foolish, wanton, or giddy conduct.c 1580 Satir. Poems Reform. xliii. 203 Young men for glaikrie can not agrie with age. 1816 J. Duff Poems 81 Ye'd quite yere glaikery, an' at last be wise.
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What's a glake? (Scottish slang) : r/Scotland - Reddit
Glaikit / glaik is what you're looking for, which means the person is an idiot or stupid. ... I also wouldn't class it as Scottish 'slang' ...
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GLAIK definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Definition of 'glaikitness'. glaikitness in British English. or glaiketness. noun Scottish. the quality or state of being foolish, silly, or thoughtless. The ...
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glaik, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun glaik is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for glaik is from 1508, in the writing of Walter Kennedy, ...
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glaik - Hamely Tongue - Ulster-Scots Academy
Comments: 'The Hamely Tongue' has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim ...
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Glaik Meaning - YouTube
Video shows what glaik means. A fool or odd mannered person.. Glaik Meaning. How to pronounce, definition audio dictionary.
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The Fall of Kelvin Walker: A Fable of the Sixties
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Kelvin, freed from his strict Calvinist upbringing through discovering Nietzsche and "the divine Ingersoll" in the library of his home town of Glaik
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glaiks
glaiks Sc. (? Obs.) and Anglo-Irish. Also 7 glaxe. (See quot. 1880; but the sense in the other passages is doubtful; quot. 1638 may belong to glaik n. 3.)1638 Adamson Muses Threnodie, Invent. Gabions 96 In one nooke stood Loquhabrian axes, And in another nooke the glaxe is. 1814 Train Mountain Muse ...
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glaikit
glaikit, a. Sc. and north. (ˈgleːkɪt) Also 5 glakyt, 6 glaykit, -yt, 8 glakit, 6– glaiket. [Related to glaik n. and v., but recorded earlier than these.] Senseless, foolish. In later use: Thoughtless, flighty, giddy (said esp. of women).c 1450 Henryson Sum Practysis Med. i. Poems (1865) 43 Your sayi...
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