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单词 scottishry
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Scottishryn.

Brit. /ˈskɒtɪʃri/, U.S. /ˈskɑdɪʃri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Scottish adj., -ry suffix.
Etymology: < Scottish adj. + -ry suffix. Compare earlier Scotchery n. and Scottishness n. Compare also earlier Irishry n. 2, Welshry n. 3, etc.
Scottish traits or characteristics; Scottish identity; an example of this.
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Scottishness1681
Scotchness1808
Scotchiness1815
Scotsmanship1828
Scottishry1958
tartanry1976
1958 C. Watson Coffin scarcely Used iv. 44 ‘Ye hear tha' frae the wee booy!’ he chortled... ‘For heaven's sake, drop that phoney Scottishry, Rupert.’
1973 Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 11/1 The whole business of Highland Scottishry is so technical that an Englishman may find himself rebuked on a point of Gaelic or a question of optics.
1979 Daily Tel. 17 Aug. 14/3 Fake Scottishry of the kind which reduces the noble name of the last Lord of the Isles, Donald Dubh, to the almost indistinguishable name of the cartoon duck.
2001 Independent (Nexis) 11 Mar. The sad, rootless, itchy Victorians..who invented all that terrible Scottishry of kilts and tweeds. All bollocks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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