shand

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noun

Shame; scandal; disgrace.

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OriginMiddle English shande ← Old English sċeand ← Proto-West Germanic *skandu →
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Meanings

shand1

nounshand (uncountable)

alternative shond

  1. uncountableShame; scandal; disgrace.
  2. ScotlandUKdialectaluncountableBase coin; one with mixed metals.
adjectiveshand (comparative more shand, superlative most shand)

comparative more shand · superlative most shand · alternative shond

  1. ScotlandUKdialectalWorthless.

    Synonyms: duffing, no good, valueless, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, cocking

Shand2

proper nounShand (plural Shands)

plural Shands

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWorthless.

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Origin

shand · noun, adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ḱem-“to cover, hide, conceal”
  2. Proto-Germanic*skandō“shame, disgrace”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*skandu
  4. Old Englishsċeand
  5. Middle Englishshande
  6. Englishshand

From Middle English shande, schande, schonde, from Old English sċeand, sċand (“shame, disgrace, infamy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandu, from Proto-Germanic *skandō (“shame, disgrace”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“to cover, hide, conceal”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skounde (“shame, disgrace”), West Frisian skande (“disgrace, shame, humiliation”), Dutch schande (“shame, disgrace, reproach, dishonour, scandal”), German Schande (“shame, disgrace, ignominity, dishonour”), Luxembourgish Schan (“shame”), Yiddish שאַנד (shand, “shame”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰 (skanda, “shame, disgrace”). Related to shame, shend. Doublet of shanda and shonda. Compare typologically the opposite direction meaning shift Proto-Slavic *pozorъ < *zьrěti (“to observe”).

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Shand · proper noun

From the Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, shortened from McShane.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with shand

andhandlandbrandbandunderstandgrandstanddemandexpandplannedsandgranderandstrandbannedscannedcannedglandtannedwithstandblandsecondhandmanned
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Anagrams

hands
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APA

shand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shand

MLA

“shand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shand. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shand,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shand.

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