tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839055.post4336908263239897434..comments2023-10-05T12:09:59.539+01:00Comments on Dougie's Blog: Whit ! Ye cannae Molicate onybody any mair ?The Scudderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15382592033956628186noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839055.post-76511995263482891622013-01-27T00:35:37.636+00:002013-01-27T00:35:37.636+00:00Of course we all molicated folk right, left and c...Of course we all molicated folk right, left and centre in the schoolyards of the swinging sixties <i>(canny get into molocate but I will try harder)</i>.<br /><br />However, I always assumed that it meant to rend asunder into molecules thus finding the etymological roots of the word in "molecule".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17399965655003105447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839055.post-68251829270448287582010-03-16T19:28:49.628+00:002010-03-16T19:28:49.628+00:00It may be from the Mediterranean lingua franca the...It may be from the Mediterranean lingua franca the same as manky comes from the Italian word for a stain.<br /><br />"Patate mollicate" means mashed potatoes but the word mollicate is not found in Italian dictionaries.<br /><br />My understanding of mollicate is along the lines of mashing someone, although despite being on the receiving end of such threats on many occasions, I have never been "mollicaitit", as far as I amd aware.<br />Or it could be that I have been so severely mollicaitit so often that I have been rendered totally unaware.terrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15075471706398555654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839055.post-28120772827141618782008-06-30T15:22:00.000+01:002008-06-30T15:22:00.000+01:00Ta big Tam ,,,Ta big Tam ,,,The Scudderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15382592033956628186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28839055.post-55424630674386664652008-06-30T13:45:00.000+01:002008-06-30T13:45:00.000+01:00It's spelled molocate according to the Dictionar o...It's spelled <I>molocate</I> according to the <A HREF="http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/" REL="nofollow">Dictionar o the Scots Leid</A>.Thomas Widmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481786791740154131noreply@blogger.com