mì-loinneil

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mì-loinn (“awkwardness, untidiness, want of order; irregularity; impropriety; inelegance, ungracefulness”) +‎ -eil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective[edit]

mì-loinneil

  1. awkward, disordered, untidy
  2. irregular
  3. disfigured
  4. improper
  5. inelegant

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mì-loinneil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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