sb. and a. Sc. Also wandocht, -dout, -dough. [f. WAN- + DOUGHT sb. and a. Cf. UNDOUGHT sb., UNDOUGHTY a.]
A. sb. A feeble or puny person.
a. 1728. W. Starrat, Epistle, 53, in Ramsays Poems (1728), II. 109. And when thou bids the paughty Czar stand yon, The Wandought seems beneath thee on his Throne.
1768. Ross, Helenore, I. 9. Lindy is Nae bursen bailch, nac wandought [1796, 1812, wandough] or misgrown, But plump an swack an like an apple round.
1850. J. Struthers, Poet. Wks., I. My Life, 10. Mrs. Baillie out of pure compassion for the wandought, had him frequently brought in to her.
B. adj. Feeble, ineffective, worthless.
1788. Picken, Poems, 160. My wandocht, rustic Muse, Gane hafflens daizt an doitet, Begins to glunch.
1819. A. Balfour, Campbell, I. xviii. 334. That wandought neer-do-weel o a dominie.
1836. Marg. Mackintosh, Cottagers Dau., 62. She was nane o your wandought menseless folk.