splore
Scots
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /splo(ə)r/
Verb
splore (third-person singular present splores, present participle splorin, past splore't, past participle splore't)
- to roister, revel, make merry, carouse
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Catriona
- My faither, Tam Dale, peace to his banes, was a wild, sploring lad in his young days, wi' little wisdom and less grace.
- Robert Louis Stevenson, Catriona
Noun
splore (plural splores)
- frolic; spree