Scotticism
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Scotticism
1710–20; < Medieval Latin scottic ( us ), variant of scōticus Scottish ( Scōt ( us ) Scot + -icus -ic ) + -ism
Example Sentences
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The following had an indescribable piquancy, which arose from the Scotticism of the terms and the manners.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay
I am sensible I myself have since that time acquired Scotch in perfection, and many a Scotticism withal.
From Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott
It startles us to hear Gilbert talking thus of the Scotticism, after having heard so much of Robert Burns writing naturally in the speech of his home and county.
From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Gabriel Setoun
Mr. Chisholm, of Oakville, used facetiously to object to the clause in the Litany where "heresy and schism" are deprecated, it so happening that the last term was usually, by a Scotticism, read "Chisholm."
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
This form for the past participle of the verb to prove is said to be a Scotticism.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Thomas Embly Osmun
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