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Scottish
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- 1 Of a thing or concept, of or pertaining to Scotland.
- 2 Of a person, native to, born in or whose ancestors originally came from Scotland.
"In the factory, a colourful woodland of knitted trees points towards a collection of bookends commissioned from Scottish designers and inspired by the globetrotting travels in 1894 of Dundee Courier journalists Marie Imandt and Bessie Maxwell."
- 1 of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language wordnet
- 1 Scottish English, the varieties of English spoken in Scotland.
- 2 Short for Scottish Gaelic abbreviation, alt-of, rare
- 1 the people of Scotland. collective, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article
- 2 the dialect of English used in Scotland wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English Scottich, from Old English Sċyttisċ, equivalent to Scot + -ish. Compare West Frisian Skotsk (“Scottish”), Dutch Schots (“Scottish”), German schottisch (“Scottish”), Danish skotsk (“Scottish”), Icelandic skoskur (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scotch and Scot.
From Middle English Scottich, from Old English Sċyttisċ, equivalent to Scot + -ish. Compare West Frisian Skotsk (“Scottish”), Dutch Schots (“Scottish”), German schottisch (“Scottish”), Danish skotsk (“Scottish”), Icelandic skoskur (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scotch and Scot.
From Middle English Scottich, from Old English Sċyttisċ, equivalent to Scot + -ish. Compare West Frisian Skotsk (“Scottish”), Dutch Schots (“Scottish”), German schottisch (“Scottish”), Danish skotsk (“Scottish”), Icelandic skoskur (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scotch and Scot.
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