rochness

Scots

Etymology

roch +‎ -ness

Noun

rochness (uncountable)

1. roughness
   • 1895, Ian Maclaren, A Doctor of the Old School, page 175:

     He hed juist ae faut, tae ma thinkin’, for a’ never jidged the waur o’ him for his titch of rochness—guid trees hae gnarled bark—but he thotched ower little o’ himsel’.

     He had just one fault, to my thinking, for I never begrudged his touch of roughness—good trees have knotty bark—but he thought too low of himself.

2. abundance, plenty, bounty