Scottish
Americanadjective
noun
Commonly Confused
See Scotch.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Scottish
First recorded before 900; Middle English, from Late Latin Scott(us) Scot + -ish 1; replacing Old English Scyttisc
Example Sentences
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Baillie’s flagship London-listed investment trust, Scottish Mortgage, has almost a fifth of its assets in still-private SpaceX.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
We can just make out stripy ears in the dappled shade inside the Scottish wildcat enclosure.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Knowing that the philosophy that was coming out of Edinburgh in the 1700s was directly feeding into what these guys were doing, it felt like the continuation of a certain strain of Scottish history.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Tiny wrens living on remote Scottish islands are giving scientists a rare look at evolution in action.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
Hamilton had been born on the West Indian island of Nevis, the illegitimate son of a down-on-her-luck beauty of French extraction and a hard-drinking Scottish merchant with a flair for bankruptcy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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