Tuesday, September 12, 2006

scunnersome /`skŭn.ur.səm/
…adjective: Loathsome; repulsive; disgusting.
 

[Lowland Scots scunner & -some both fr. Middle English skunner, to recoil from disgust, fr. surnen, to wince & Middle English -som, fr. Old English -sum, -like, as in motherlike]