English
agley
Agley comes from Scots aglee ‘Awry, wrong’, and goes back to glee.
- Scotsc. 1450–presentglee
- Scots, derivedc. 1450–presentagleeas agley‘Awry, wrong’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932agley
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scotsc. 1450–presentglee
- Scots, derivedc. 1450–presentagleeas agley‘Awry, wrong’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932agley
Earliest quotation: 1932, Rosewell Page, Garrett and Massie: “X tells of cavalry; of Sheridan, Hampton and Fitz…”
Every English word from Scots glee
Today it means
adv Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scots glee / agley