Definition of Girnie

1. ill-tempered [adj GIRNIER, GIRNIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Girnie

girly man
girly men
girlygirl
girlygirls
girlyman
girlymen
girlz
girlzine
girlzines
girned
girnel
girnels
girner
girners
girnie (current term)
girnier
girniest
girning
girns
giro
giro account
giro cheque
girolle
girolles
giron
gironic
girons
giros
girosol

Literary usage of Girnie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany by Walter Rye (1906)
"623) girnie or Gorney, gibbie sb peevish, ill-tempered, fretful, eg, "have you got over all ... young girnie ..."

2. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1885)
"The ancient quoad civilia parish by chiefly along both banks of the lower half of the Gairn'* course, but included also a small tract, called Strath- girnie ..."

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