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tioram

tioram

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

tioram

  1. dry, arid, without moisture, parched
  2. barren, uninteresting, unembellished, jejune
  3. seasoned (as hay)
    feur tioram ― hay
  4. flippant (as in speech), pert
  5. (weather) fair
    uair tioramfair weather
  6. thirsty
  7. not seasoned, as food of an indifferent kind

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)