Meaning of vogie | Babel Free
Definitions
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Proud; conceited; vain. Scotland
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Happy; pleased or well-disposed. Scotland
Examples
“My joy, my pride, my hoggie! My only beast, I had nae mae, And vow but I was vogie !”
“She, all unconscious, void of guile, Nor sour, nor idly vogie ; Would condescending, sweetly smile On a' the swains o' Bogie.”
“Among them was one Patrick Girdwood, the deacon of the craft, a most comical character, so vogie of his honours and dignities in the town-council, that he could not get the knight told often enough what a load aboon the burden he had in keeping a'things douce and in right regulation amang the bailies.”
“Fu' vogie, an' fu' blythe to crap The winsome flow'rs frae Nature's lap, Twining her living garlands there, That lyart Time can ne'er impair.”
“Look gaylie yet, look vogie yet, And strive a' we can to gang gaylie yet !”
“But Miss Betty was so vogie with her gay mantle that she sent back word, it would be making it o'er common ; which so nettled the old courtly lady that she vowed revenge, and said the mantle would not be long seen on Miss Betty.”
“Come, lads, and view your partners weal, Wale each a blythcsome rogie : I'll tak' this lassie to mysel', She looks sae keen and vogie.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.