Definition
A Scottish dialectal term meaning jolly, large, or well-built, sometimes implying good-natured corpulence.
Etymology
From Scottish Lowlands speech; possibly related to 'gawsy' or influenced by Scots word patterns; may derive from Germanic roots connected to 'gaud' or 'gauge' meanings of size.
Kelly Says
Scottish English created uniquely warm words to describe people—'gawcie' isn't insulting like 'fat' but affectionate, suggesting a robust, jovial character, showing how dialect words often carry cultural values invisible in standard English.
Translations
CSČeština
gawcie
gah-see-eh
DADansk
gawcie
gah-see-eh
DEDeutsch
Gawcie
gah-see-eh
ELΕλληνικά
Γκαούτσι
gkah-oo-tsee
ESEspañol
gawcie
gah-see-eh
FISuomi
gawcie
gah-see-eh
FRFrançais
gawcie
gah-see-eh
HEעברית
גאווצי
gah-vah-tsee
HUMagyar
gawcie
gah-see-eh
IDBahasa Indonesia
gawcie
gah-see-eh
ITItaliano
gawcie
gah-see-eh
MSBahasa Melayu
gawcie
gah-see-eh
NLNederlands
gawcie
khah-see-eh
NONorsk
gawcie
gah-see-eh
PLPolski
gawcie
gah-see-eh
PTPortuguês
gawcie
gah-see-eh
RORomână
gawcie
gah-see-eh
SVSvenska
gawcie
gah-see-eh
SWKiswahili
gawcie
gah-see-eh
TRTürkçe
gawcie
gah-see-eh
UKУкраїнська
Гавсі
hahv-see
VITiếng Việt
gawcie
gah-see-eh