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Definition of ogertful in English:
ogertful
(also ogertfou, ogertfow)
adjective
Scottishliterary
Proud; fastidious, affected.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Robert Forbes (bap. 1708, d. 1775), Jacobite annalist and Scottish Episcopal bishop of Ross and Caithness. From ogert, variant of ogart + -ful.
