mì-mheasail

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From mì-mheas (“contempt, disrespect, affront; indifference, abjection”) +‎ -ail (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mì-mheasail

  1. contemptible
  2. disrespected
  3. disrespectful

References

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