单词 | scotic |
释义 | Scoticadj. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English > Scottish English Scots1533 Scottish1559 Scotch1633 Scotic1647 Lowland Scots1724 lowland1752 Lallan1786 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 152 The English speech..hath..divers subdialects,..but her chiefest is the Scotic which took footing beyond Tweede about the last conquest. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Presbyterianism > [adjective] consistorial1561 disciplinarian1591 presbyterial1591 consistorian1593 Presbyterian1607 Scotized1622 Scotican1647 presbyteral1651 Scotic1656 Whig1661 blue-nosed1844 Knoxian1905 society > faith > aspects of faith > creed > kinds of creed > [noun] > other Augsburg1560 Irish Articles1646 Westminster Confession1649 Scotic Confession1837 Tetrapolitan Confession1847 1656 T. Keck Annotations in Sir T. Browne Religio medici (ed. 4) 288 Though there be a difference in Discipline, yet the Anglican, Scotic, Belgic, Gallican, and Helvetic Churches differ not in any essentiall matter of doctrine. 1837 Relig. Monitor May 548 24th of August 1560, the day on which the Scotic Confession was adopted by parliament. 1850 Mercersburg Rev. Sept. 518 The Old Scotic Confession is less logically compact and clear; but its general drift and force are the same. 3. Celtic History a. Of or relating to the form of Gaelic used by the Scots (Scot n.1 1). Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Celtic > Scottish Erse1425 Irish1554 Scotch1633 Scots-Irish1652 Scotic1707 Scotch Gaelic1776 Scottish Gaelic1801 Scots Gaelic1820 1707 Philos. Trans. 1706–7 (Royal Soc.) 25 2440 Words (such as Corlan, Blith and the like) in the present British, whose Etymologies are only found in the Guydhelian or Irish Dialect, now disguised by the Scotic. a1718 R. O'Flaherty Ogygia Vindicated (1775) 47 They wrote in their own Scotic language, without any regard to what foreigners wrote. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 183 The uncorrupted native language of the Irish is the Gaedhloc, or Scottic. 1845 J. O'Donovan Gram. Irish Lang. p. lxvi By this passage we are to understand that Adamnan regarded the Scotic language as one of those which had not received the polish of the classical languages. 1892 J. MacKinnon Culture Early Scotl. 229 The extant copies which we may claim for certain as the work of scribes..are the ‘Book of Deer’, and the ‘Life of Columba’ by Adamnan. That there were others is evident, from the mention of books written in the Scotic or Pictish dialect. 1921 R. A. S. Macalister tr. Lat. & Irish Lives of Ciaran 42 The ship was thrust towards the whirlpool which is in the Scotic tongue called Cori Bracayn. 1999 R. Barber Myths & Legends of Brit. Isles iii. 13 Now it was Rifath Scot who brought the Scotic language from the Tower of Babel. b. Of or relating to the Scots (Scot n.1 1). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Celtic people > [adjective] > ancient Britons > ancient Scots Scotic1753 1753 C. O'Conor Diss. Hist. Ireland ix. 169 All our old Historians, by unanimous Consent, fix the Scotic expedition to the tenth Age before our Saviour. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iv. i. 470 Cairbre Riada, a celebrated Scottic warrior. 1873 Contemp. Rev. 21 253 Our method of colonization has failed with the children of the Scotic race. 1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1232 Celestius, the companion of Pelagius, is supposed by some to have been of Scotic, i.e., Irish origin. 1902 A. MacBain in W. F. Skene Highlanders Scotl. (new ed.) 400 Donald being likely a Scotic prince. 1936 R. G. Collingwood & J. N. L. Myers Rom. Brit. & Eng. Settlements xix. 316 The Scotic raids, as we saw, had died away; the Silchester inscription shows..parties of Scots are settling down peacefully in the lowland zone. 1998 W. Ferguson Identity Sc. Nation 100 The church of which Columba was the greatest luminary is referred to by many names, and has been indifferently described as ‘Celtic’, ‘Scotic’ or ‘Columban’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1647 |
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