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单词 scotchiness
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Scotchinessn.

Brit. /ˈskɒtʃɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈskɑtʃinᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Scotchy adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < Scotchy adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier Scotchness n., Scottishness n.
The quality or condition of being Scottish in character; Scottishness.In later use sometimes with the implication of exaggerated or romanticized Scottishness.
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Scottishness1681
Scotchness1808
Scotchiness1815
Scotsmanship1828
Scottishry1958
tartanry1976
1815 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 411 [Murray's letters have] a certain cast of Scotchiness about them.
1876 J. Brown Lett. (1907) 247 Your mother would have rejoiced in Bogle—his sense, his homeliness,..his Scotchiness.
1923 Times 25 May 10/4 The ‘Scotchiness’ of the Wylies, father and sons..we can understand.
1954 W. Lewis Self Condemned xxiv. 313 Professor McKenzie was a smiling Scottish sophist of about forty-five with a faint and pleasing accent, as far as possible from the aggressive scotchiness of Glasgow.
1999 G. A. Craig Theodor Fontane ii. 44 He was prone to ‘Scotchiness’ of the kind that equates Scotland with whisky, the haggis, and the regalia of the modern pipe band.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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