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单词 scotticism
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Scotticismn.

Brit. /ˈskɒtᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈskɑdəˌsɪz(ə)m/
Forms: 1600s–1800s Scoticism, 1600s– Scotticism.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Scoticus , -ism suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Scoticus, Scotticus Scotic adj. + -ism suffix. Compare earlier Scotism n.1
1. A characteristically Scottish word, phrase, or idiom. Frequently depreciative.In quot. 1648: something that is (or is regarded as) characteristically Scottish.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > idiom of
Scotism1570
Scotticism1648
Scotchism1737
Norlandismc1795
1648 Mercurius Censorius No. 1. 4 It seemes you are resolved to..entertain those things which..ye have all this while fought against, the Scotticismes, of the Presbyteriall government and the Covenant.
1677 Let. in G. Hickes Ravillac Redivivus (1678) 77 You would make remarks upon my Letters, and faithfully Admonish me of all the Scoticisms, or all the Words, and Phrases that are not current English therein.
1695 J. Sage Fund. Charter Presbytery Pref. sig. b2v I was obliged to Read so many Books written in Right Broad Scotch..that 'tis little to be wondered, if my Book abounds with Scotticisms.
1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. ii. 137 This is a Scoticism in Speech.
1772 J. Wesley Jrnl. 11 Dec. (1827) III. 470 The book is wrote with great accuracy of language, (allowing for a few Scotticisms).
1793 R. Burns Let. Sept. (2003) II. 240 A small sprinkling of Scoticisms, is of no objection to an English reader.
1814 L. Hunt Feast of Poets 62 His style in prose, setting aside it's Scotticisms, is very well where [etc.].
1892 B. Matthews Americanisms & Briticisms 16 The Scotticisms of the North Briton.
1917 ‘O. Douglas’ Setons xiii. 197 And I don't mind my French being laughed at, I know it's bad, but it's galling to be told that my English is full of Scotticisms.
1931 Sc. National Dict. 84/2 At before ‘here’, ‘there’, is marked as a Scotticism.
1996 I. Donnachie et al. Studying Sc. Hist., Lit. & Culture 96 The literati [of the Scottish enlightenment] studied style and elocution avidly and eschewed Scotticisms in both.
2. Patriotism towards Scotland; support for what is Scottish. Now somewhat rare.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [noun] > Scotland
Scotticism1796
1796 Oracle & Public Advertiser 10 Aug. On the Scotticism of Lord Bute.
1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. i. 230 His ardour of Scoticism hurries him headlong, from the paths of truth.
1859 D. Masson Brit. Novelists iii. 175 Scott's veneration for the past reached its highest and most shrewd and intelligent form in his Scotticism.
1862 J. R. Lowell Lett. I. 361 He seems to me a remarkably good critic, where his Scoticism doesn't come in his way.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 29/2 [Hary's Wallace] is also the earliest outstanding work which discloses that habit of Scotticism which took such strong hold of the popular Northern literature during the..conflict with England.
1961 G. E. Davie Democratic Intellect (1999) iii. 64 We have in Shairp and Lorimer representatives of the two opposite poles of Scottish academic policy—active Anglicism and active Scotticism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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