WORD OF THE DAY: BRANKIE

​​BRANKIE
 
ADJ.
1. (also BRANKY) showy, gaudy, finely dressed ...1790 Sc. obs.
2. a wooden board for turning cakes on a girdle ...1925 Sc.

ETYMOLOGY
adj. 1. - from brank (vb. to march in a confident or demonstrative fashion; to strut; to prance) + -y

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1790 - see EXAMPLE below
 
EXAMPLE
"...Whare hae ye been fae braw, lad!
Whare hae ye been fae brankie O?
Whare hae ye been fae braw, lad?
Cam ye by Killiecrankie O?..."
From: The Scots Musical Museum
Vol. III Killiecrankie