Dairsie

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proper noun

A village in north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4117).

Similar
Osnaburgh
OriginPictish *deru →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village in north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4117).

    Synonyms: Osnaburgh

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA village in north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4117).

Similar
Osnaburgh

Origin

  1. Pictish*deru“oak”
  2. EnglishDairsie

Earlier Deruesin (1162). From Pictish *deru (“oak”) + *es + *in, both place-name suffixes.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

airside
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APA

Dairsie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dairsie

MLA

“Dairsie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dairsie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dairsie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dairsie.

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