a word, phrase, grammatical construction, or other feature originating in or peculiar to the English spoken in Scotland
Scotticism in American English
(ˈskɑtəˌsɪzəm)
noun
a word or idiom peculiar to or characteristic of Scots
Word origin
[1710–20; ‹ ML scottic(us), var. of scōticusscottish (Scōt(us) scot + -icus-ic) + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1710–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: floater, hunker, lacrosse, propaganda, tint-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)