Scottish Dialect Vocabulary

adjective a Scottish dialect term meaning talkative or chatty

• The professor's gawsy lecture captivated the students' attention.
• She always tells the most gawsy stories at parties.
• That movie was so gawsy, I couldn't stop laughing.
• His gawsy personality always brightens up the room.

noun a Scottish dialectal form of 'did not'

verb a contraction of 'did not'

• I did not partake in the meal as I had already eaten, so I dinna dine with them.
• I dinna know what time they're arriving, so I'll just wait here.
• She dinna wanna go to the party because she heard it was boring.
• The storm outside was so loud, it sounded like the heavens dinna were angry.