Designating a variety of English used in Scotland (see sense B. 1), or literary compositions, speeches, etc., written or spoken in it; (of words…
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释义 | the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > of varieties of English > Scottish English (7) Scots1533 Designating a variety of English used in Scotland (see sense B. 1), or literary compositions, speeches, etc., written or spoken in it; (of words… Scottish1559 With reference to language and literature: = Scots, adj. 3; (later more generally) spoken or written in Scotland or by its people. Scotch1633 Designating the variety of English spoken in (esp. lowland) Scotland; written or spoken in, or belonging to this variety; = Scots, adj. 3. Cf. Sc… Scotic1647 Of or relating to Scots (Scots, n. 1). Obsolete. rare. Lowland Scots1724 Designating a variety of English used in the Lowlands of Scotland (see sense B.); written in, belonging to, or characteristic of this dialect. Cf… lowland1752 Chiefly with capital initial. Of, relating to, or inhabiting the Lowlands of Scotland (see sense A. 1). In later use also in plural. Cf. Lowland Scots… Lallan1786 Belonging to the Lowlands of Scotland. |
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