Scotticism
English
Noun
Scotticism (plural Scotticisms)
- A phrase or idiom peculiar to Scotland or Scottish people.
- Synonym: Scottishism (uncommon)
- Masson
- That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis.
Coordinate terms
- (dialectisms) dialectism; Americanism (Yankeeism, Yankism), Australianism, Britishism (anglicism, Briticism), Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism
Further reading
- “Scotticism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.