dirdum

[ dir-duhm, dur- ]

noun

, Scot.

1. blame.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dirdum¹

1400–50; Scots: blame, scolding, (earlier) altercation, uproar, late Middle English (north) durdan uproar, din < Scots Gaelic; compare Irish deardan, MIr dertan storm, rough weather

Example Sentences

Dirdum, an uproar; a loud noise.

From Project Gutenberg

In Scotland there is a children's rhyme upon the purring of the cat: Dirdum drum, Three threads and a thrum; Thrum gray, thrum gray!

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Of late years, it was weel ascertained that he dealt extensively in sending whisky into England, and in such a way, too, that neither the dirdum, the risk, nor the loss could land at his door.

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I just got a glisk o' him, for the first and last time, in the middle o' the dirdum at Worcester.

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"That may be a' very true, lasses," returned Andrew, "but only ye think what a dirdum there would be if the laird were to waken or get wit o't!"

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