mì-shnasail

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From mì-shnas (“inelegance”) +‎ -ail (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mì-shnasail

1. homely, uncomely, inelegant, botchy

Related terms

• mì-shnasaich (“botch”, verb)
• mì-shnasaire m (“botcher”)

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