Scottishnessn.
/ˈskɒtᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈskɑdɪʃnᵻs/ rare before 19th cent.
The quality or state of being Scottish or of embodying Scottish characteristics.
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Scottishness1681
Scotchness1808
Scotchiness1815
Scotsmanship1828
Scottishry1958
tartanry1976
1681 J. Ussher Protestant School 69/4 (list) Scottishness.
1825 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 157/1 We shall add a short introductory anecdote illustrative of the Scottishness which we have condemned, because it is foolish and invitatory of quarrels.
1859 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 154 It is the Scottishness that gives the zest.
1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 523/1 Henryson was sage and serious. It was part of his Scottishness.
1956 N. Pevsner Englishness of Eng. Art (rev. ed.) 125 It is easy to recognize Scottishness in the Scottish castle of the seventeenth century.
1976 Listener 19 Feb. 209/3 The BBC in Scotland should be asked..to abandon the excessive concern with Scottishness.
2004 Ambix 51 86 Contributors..wrestle with the question of the Scottishness of the Scottish Enlightenment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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