单词 | scotchness |
释义 | Scotchnessn. = Scottishness n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [noun] > quality or nationality Scottishness1681 Scotchness1808 Scotchiness1815 Scotsmanship1828 Scottishry1958 tartanry1976 1808 T. Campbell Let. 18 July in Life & Lett. (1849) II. 151 Our belles have too much Scotchness about them. 1866 A. Halliday Town & Country xvi. 222 There was one astonishing exception to the Scotchness of every thing on board this vessel—there was no service on Sunday. 1892 R. L. Stevenson Let. to J. M. Barrie (1899) II. 247 My own Scotchness tends to intermittency. 1923 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 31 158 They were Scotch and United Presbyterian to the bone, with that inveterate Scotchness that survives all outer change and resists all the molding forces of life. 1998 Guardian 4 June 22 The enormity of the price that Scotchness may yet exact must be intolerable to contemplate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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