Scotizev.
/ˈskɒtʌɪz/, /ˈskəʊtʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈskɑˌtaɪz/, /ˈskoʊˌtaɪz/ rare after 17th cent.† 1. intransitive. To imitate Scottish people; to act in a characteristically Scottish manner; esp. (chiefly in the phraseology of High Church Anglicanism) to introduce or imitate the doctrines or practices of the reformed Church of Scotland, at the expense of those of the Church of England (depreciative). Cf. Genevate v. Obsolete.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [verb (intransitive)]
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1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. To Rdr. 13 An Englishman Scottizing once to our King was roundly reproued for it.
a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) iv. 328 The English had Scotized in all their [ecclesiastical] Practises.
1841 Brit. Mag. & Monthly Reg. 1 Apr. 451 Let us not..innovate, Genevate..nor Scotize, by introducing modern terms for the clergy.
2. transitive. = Scotticize v. 1.In quot. 1917 Clark claims to be quoting this passage from W. M. Rossetti Lives of Famous Poets (1878). In fact, Rossetti uses the more common term Scoticize (Scotticize v.).
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Scots nation > [verb (transitive)]
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Scottify1651
Scotticize1763
Scotchify1825
1651 R. Josselin Diary 4 Jan. (1991) 230 For my part from all numbers I expect before that time the darkening of the seate of the beast and his kingdome, or the Scotizing his kingdome.
1865 Visct. Strangford Lett. & Papers (1878) 156 I believe these Picts were Scotised, or Gadelised, from Ireland alone, but that in the blood the modern Highlanders partly represent them.
1917 J. S. Clark Stud. Eng. & Amer. Poets 230 This is, after all, the greatest of Burns's poetical merits—that he has Scotized [1878 Scoticized] poetry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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