abuise

Scots

Alternative forms

• abuize, abaise, abase, abeese

Etymology

From Middle English abusen, noun has s for z.

Pronunciation

• (Southern Scots, South Northern Scots, Northern Isles) IPA^(key): /əˈbøːz/
• (Central Scots, Ulster) IPA^(key): /əˈbeːz/
• (Doric, North Northern Scots) IPA^(key): /əˈbiːz/

Verb

abuise

1. to abuse

Noun

abuise (plural abuises)

1. abuse

References

• “abuise, v., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2024), “abuise”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎^[1]