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

It's a sore thing to do between such near friends; but if I get the dirdum* of this dreadful accident, I'll have to fend for myself, man.

From Kidnapped 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

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

"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