donnered
Scots
Adjective
donnered (comparative mair donnered, superlative maist donnered)
- Dazed or stunned; confused.
- 1899, John Buchan, “The Oasis in the Snow”, in Grey Weather: Moorland Tales of My Own People, John Lane, page 188:
- Had I been i' my clear senses, I wad hae been rale puzzled about the maitter, but I was donnered wi' the drifts and the weariness, and thocht only o' getting by 't.
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- Foolish or stupid; daft.
- 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Come into My Kingdom”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […] (in English), London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC, page 302:
- "Why, ye donnered auld runt, how else would I ken?" cried Alan.
References
- “donnered”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “donnered”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- The Online Scots Dictionary
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