mì-shnasail

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From mì-shnas (“inelegance”) +‎ -ail (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

mì-shnasail

1. homely, uncomely, inelegant, botchy

Related terms

• mì-shnasaich (“botch”, verb)
• mì-shnasaire m (“botcher”)

References

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