14 January 2013

couthie

[koo-thee]

adjective, Scot.

agreeable; genial; kindly.

Origin:
1715–25; couth2 + -ie, spelling variant of -y1

Related forms
couth·i·ly, adjective.
couth·i·ness, noun.

Example sentences:

The couthie old man would let us pick apples from his orchard.

Today’s aphorism

‘Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age’.

– Anais Nin

On this day

14 January 1977 – death of Anais Nin, French-Cuban author.

14 January 1984 – death of Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s … and the Big Mac … Born 5 October 1902. Kroc had bought out Dick and Mac McDonald before establishing the franchise network of fast-food restaurants.