schottische

[ shot-ish ]

/ ˈʃɒt ɪʃ /

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noun

a round dance resembling the polka.

the music for this dance.

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Origin of schottische

1840–50; <German: Scottish (dance)

Words nearby schottische

schooner-rigged, Schopenhauer, Schopenhauerism, schorl, schott, schottische, Schottky defect, Schottky effect, Schottky noise, Schouten Islands, schrank

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How to use schottische in a sentence

But still, I do sometimes take part in a schottische, count.
A Russian Proprietor|Lyof N. Tolstoi
Miss Austin's dance of the Schottische, with double-soled military boots, was excellent.
Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive|Alf Burnett
Then she brought Tot into her own dainty chamber, where he sat upon a chair and heard an orchestra play a merry schottische.
Dot and Tot of Merryland|L. Frank Baum
The old fiddler strikes up a merry air, and they dance the jenka, a sort of schottische, joyously.
Through Finland in Carts|Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie

Some men can only dance the two-step—they don't know the waltz, the polka, or the schottische.
The Inventions of the Idiot|John Kendrick Bangs

British Dictionary definitions for schottische

schottische

/ (ʃɒˈtiːʃ) /

noun

a 19th-century German dance resembling a slow polka

a piece of music composed for or in the manner of this dance

Word Origin for schottische

C19: from German der schottische Tanz the Scottish dance

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