ourie

American  

[oor-ee] / ˈʊər i /

Or oory

adjective

Scot.

1. shabby; dingy.

2. melancholy; languid.

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Etymology

Origin of ourie

1275–1325; Middle English (north) ouri, perhaps < Old Norse ōra rage, oerr mad

Example Sentences

I thought me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O' wintry war, Or thro' the drift, deep-lairing sprattle, Beneath a scaur.

From A Year in the Fields by Burroughs, John

Listening, the doors an’ winnocks rattle, I thought me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O’ winter war, And through the drift, deep-lairing sprattle Beneath a scar.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

List'ning the doors an' winnocks rattle; I think me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O' winter war, And thro' the drift, deep-lairing sprattle, Beneath a scaur!

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

“I thought me on the ourie cattle, Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle O’ wintry war; Or thro’ the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle, Beneath a scaur.

From Life of Robert Burns by Carlyle, Thomas

“Her bark’s waur than her bite,” said Mrs. Craig, as she returned to her husband, who felt already some of the ourie symptoms of a henpecked destiny.

From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by Galt, John