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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
oillt (“dismay, terror”) + -ail
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɤiʎt̪ʲal/
Adjective
oillteil (comparative oillteile)
- terrible, horrible, shocking, ghastly, dreadful
1987 July 1, Joe Neil MacNeil, John Shaw, Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Gaelic Story-Teller, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 276:Agus cha bu luaithe a chuir esan an t-eun anns an eunain òrach na thànaig sgriach as an eun a bha oillteil agus dhùisg a h-uile duine a bh' as a' chairteal […]- And no sooner had he put the bird in the golden birdhouse than came a screech from the bird that was horrible and woke up everyone in the quarter