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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From mì-loinn (“awkwardness, untidiness, want of order; irregularity; impropriety; inelegance, ungracefulness”) + -eil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
mì-loinneil
- awkward, disordered, untidy
- irregular
- disfigured
- improper
- inelegant
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “mì-loinneil”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN