Sc. Now rare or Obs. Forms: 6 wn-, 7 vn-, undought; 6 wn-, vn-, 8 undocht, 7 vndoght; 6 vndoche, 7 undoch. [UN-1 12 + DOUGHT sb. or a. Cf. NFris. ündöght worthless person; WFris. on-, ûnducht corrupt or morbid matter; obs. Flem. ondocht a worthless kind of crab (Kilian).] An ineffective worthless person. (Cf. WANDOUGHT.)
1508. Kennedie, Flyting w. Dunbar, 508. Tak the a fidill, or a floyt & geste, Wndought [v.r. vndocht], thou art ordanyt to not ellis!
a. 1583. Montgomerie, Flyting, 454 (Tullib. MS.). Let nevir þis vndoche [v.rr. vndoght, vndought] of evill doing Irk.
1636. W. Scot, Apol. Narr. (1846), 239. Mr. George Grahame, the undought of Bishops.
1679. in Wodrow, Hist. Suff. Ch. Scot. (1828), IV. 501. Mr. Brown being removed, they will have little to do to trample upon the poor undought that is left behind.
1721. Ramsay, Poems, Gloss., Undocht, or wandocht, a silly weak person.
