Definition of Scotticism in English:
Scotticism
(also Scoticism)
noun ˈskɒtɪsɪz(ə)mˈskɑdəˌsɪzəm
A characteristically Scottish phrase, word, or idiom.
Example sentencesExamples
- Hume also combed his prose for Scotticisms: he would write as an Englishman.
- It is much more disappointing to see a Scot willingly ditching it, almost in the manner of those who, post-1707, were desperate to rid their speech of Scotticisms.
- A London agent told her years ago that, if she dropped the parochial Morningside background and the pan-loaf Scotticisms, her sales would double.
- A language has to be more than a few gallus Scotticisms scattered over standard English as a kind of local seasoning.
- His fretting about his Scotticisms made the Enlightenment an alien presence to robust patriots.
- This was an age when people in Edinburgh - even David Hume - tried to lose their Scotticisms in both speech and writing.
- A new mug on her desk at the Smithsonian is part of a range now on sale in Scotland featuring Scotticisms such as ‘scunner’.
- With the return of Scots to respectability in the 19th century, Scotticisms have lost much of their former odium.
Origin
Early 18th century: from late Latin Scot(t)icus + -ism.
Definition of Scotticism in US English:
Scotticism
nounˈskɑdəˌsɪzəmˈskädəˌsizəm
A characteristically Scottish phrase, word, or idiom.
Example sentencesExamples
- A London agent told her years ago that, if she dropped the parochial Morningside background and the pan-loaf Scotticisms, her sales would double.
- Hume also combed his prose for Scotticisms: he would write as an Englishman.
- This was an age when people in Edinburgh - even David Hume - tried to lose their Scotticisms in both speech and writing.
- A language has to be more than a few gallus Scotticisms scattered over standard English as a kind of local seasoning.
- A new mug on her desk at the Smithsonian is part of a range now on sale in Scotland featuring Scotticisms such as ‘scunner’.
- With the return of Scots to respectability in the 19th century, Scotticisms have lost much of their former odium.
- His fretting about his Scotticisms made the Enlightenment an alien presence to robust patriots.
- It is much more disappointing to see a Scot willingly ditching it, almost in the manner of those who, post-1707, were desperate to rid their speech of Scotticisms.
Origin
Early 18th century: from late Latin Scot(t)icus + -ism.