drùiseil

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish drúisemail (compare modern Irish drúisiúil); synchronically, drùis (“lechery, licentiousness, lust”) +‎ -eil.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtruːʃɛl/

Adjective

drùiseil

horny, lascivious, libidinous, lusty, randy, venereal, wanton

Derived terms

drùisealachd f (“lecherousness, whoring, lewdness”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“drúisemail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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