Scotticism

English

Etymology

From Latin Scotticus +‎ -ism.

Noun

Scotticism (plural Scotticisms)

1. A phrase or idiom peculiar to Scotland or Scottish people.

   Synonym: Scottishism (uncommon)

   • 1859, David Masson, British Novelists and their Styles:

     But Scott's veneration for the past reached its highest and most shrewd and intelligent form in his Scotticism.

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.