Scotticism

English

Noun

Scotticism (plural Scotticisms)

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.

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