sootie

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Scots[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sootie (comparative mair sootie, superlative maist sootie)

  1. dark; soot-coloured; sooty
    • 1785, Robert Burns, Address to the Deil:
      O Thou! whatever title suit thee-
      Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie,
      Wha in yon cavern grim an' sootie,
      Clos'd under hatches,
      Spairges about the brunstane cootie,
      To scaud poor wretches!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • (Can we date this quote?), John Lapraik, The Devil's Answer to the Poet's Address:
      Thou ca's me Hornie, Nick an' Clootie,
      An' tells my cave is grim an' sootie;
      But stop, thou'lt, may-be, be my booty;
      I'll try my skill;
      I'll gang as far as Fate will let me,
      An' wi' guid will.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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