Scotticism
English
Noun
Scotticism (plural Scotticisms)
- A phrase or idiom peculiar to Scotland or Scottish people.
- Synonym: Scottishism (uncommon)
- 1859, David Masson, British Novelists and their Styles
- But Scott's veneration for the past reached its highest and most shrewd and intelligent form in his Scotticism.
Coordinate terms
- (dialectisms) dialectism; Americanism (Yankeeism, Yankism), Australianism, Britishism (anglicism, Briticism), Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism
Further reading
- Scotticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913