splore

Scots

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /splo(ə)r/

Verb

splore (third-person singular simple present splores, present participle splorin, simple past splore't, past participle splore't)

1. 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.

Noun

splore (plural splores)

1. frolic; spree