mì-mhaiseil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From mì-mhaise (“deformity, unseemliness, unhandsomeness”) +‎ -eil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mì-mhaiseil

  1. deformed
  2. unhandsome, uncomely, unseemly

Synonyms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “mì-mhaiseil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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