Scotticism

English

Noun

Scotticism (plural Scotticisms)

A phrase or idiom peculiar to Scotland or Scottish people.
Synonym: Scottishism (uncommon)
- Masson
  That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis.

Coordinate terms

(dialectisms) dialectism; Americanism (Yankeeism), Australianism, Britishism, Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism

Further reading

Scotticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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