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▪ I. Scotty, n. colloq.|ˈskɒtɪ|
[f. Scot n.1 + -y.]
A nickname for a Scotchman.
▪ II. Scotty, a.|ˈskɒtɪ|
[f. Scot n.1 + -y.]
a. Having the characteristic temperament of a Scot.b. (With lower-case initial.) [Cf. Scot n.1 4.] Angry, ‘cross’.
1892Stevenson Let. to J. M. Barrie (1899) II. 247 We are both Scots besides, and I suspect both rather Scotty Scots. 1901Blackw. Mag. Feb. 220/2 It made me scotty with every one and every thing. 1896E. Turner Little Larrikin xvii. 191 I'm blessed if I know what I've done this time... Don't be scotty, Marcia. 1936M. Franklin All that Swagger xxxv. 334 Uncle William is as scotty as a French hen with her feathers the wrong way. |