Scottish
adjective
Also of or relating to Scotland, its people, or their language.
Scottishness
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a word derived from
Scottish.
Example Sentences
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It was this way of essentializing Scottishness which was remarkably similar to the essentializing of Africanness that goes on, or the essentializing of Indianness or Chineseness.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2018
Welsh identity is linked to the Welsh language—far more than, say, Scottishness is linked to Gaelic—and the devolved government has done much to promote it.
From Economist ● Aug. 7, 2014
But he also explained that growing up as a mixed race child he felt he had to "prove" his Scottishness.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2014
Robert Burns' "great chieftain o' the puddin'-race," a mix of sheep's innards and oats tied up in a sheep's stomach, is the centerpiece of the annual celebration of Scottishness.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2013
In short, it is the Scottishness that gives the zest.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay
