A Scottish dialect phrase meaning oddly old-fashioned, peculiar, or strange in an antiquated way.
From Scots 'auld' (old) + 'farrant' (meaning odd or peculiar, from Old Norse 'farandi') + '-like'. It combines elements to create a vivid descriptive phrase.
This magnificent compound word shows how Scots speakers created rich descriptions—'auldfarrantlike' captures an oddly old-fashioned strangeness that English would need a whole sentence to describe!
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