affset
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑfsɛt/
Noun
affset (plural affsets)
- outset, start
- hindrance, stoppage
- illness, weakening of health.
- excuse
- ornament
- impulse
- delay
- offspring, scion, progeny
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
- “affset, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.