dirdum
[ dir-duhm, dur- ]
Origin of dirdum
11400–50; Scots: blame, scolding, (earlier) altercation, uproar, late Middle English (north) durdan uproar, din <Scots Gaelic; compare Irish deardan, MIr dertan storm, rough weather
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How to use dirdum in a sentence
Nor do the scenes where mankind congregate to create bustle, 'dirdum and deray,' often fail of making me more or less melancholy.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. | VariousI just got a glisk o' him, for the first and last time, in the middle o' the dirdum at Worcester.
Ye hae heard what a terrible dirdum the erecting o' toll-bars caused throughout the country, and upon the Borders in particular.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 18 | Alexander Leighton
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