worricow en · NOUN
Etymology
From worry (“to harass”) + cow.
Meanings
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(Scotland) An imp or hobgoblin.
Hout, na! it canna be our commander Monſieur de Champignon, running about in the dark like a worricow!
1757, [Tobias Smollett], The Reprisal: Or, The Tars of Old England. […], London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 26:
- (Scotland) Anything frightful or grotesque.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| worricows | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| wirricow | alternative | lexicographic |