dirdum

American  

[dir-duhm, dur-] / ˈdɪr dəm, ˈdɜr- /

noun

Scot.

1. blame.

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Etymology

Origin of dirdum

1400–50; Scots: blame, scolding, (earlier) altercation, uproar, late Middle English (north) durdan uproar, din < Scots Gaelic; compare Irish deardan, MIr dertan storm, rough weather

Example Sentences

There’s no a hair on ayther o’ the Weirs that hasna mair spunk and dirdum to it than what he has in his hale dwaibly body!

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"But," he added, "there was nae occasion to gie me sic a dirdum: a word wad hae pitten me mair i' the wrang."

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

"That may be a' very true, lasses," returned Andrew, "but only ye think what a dirdum there would be if the laird were to waken or get wit o't!"

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

There's no a hair on ayther o' the Weirs that hasna mair spunk and dirdum to it than what he has in his hale dwaibly body!

From Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I just got a glisk o' him, for the first and last time, in the middle o' the dirdum at Worcester.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various