bism

English

Noun

bism (plural bisms)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A devilish person.
   • 2011, Prism International, page 39:

     Cheek back (verb): defensive strategy of a bism who has been reprimanded for errant behaviour.

   • 2014, Andrew Glascoe, Nobody Knew She Was There, →ISBN, page 25:

     Just that you were a 'pair o' wee bisms.'

   • 2018, Ngaio Marsh & Stella Duffy, Money in the Morgue, →ISBN, page 44:

     That shut the old bism up good and proper.

Anagrams

• BMIs, IBMs, MIBs, MISB, MiB/s, bims, mibs