What does scottish mean?

Definitions for scottish
ˈskɒt ɪʃscot·tish

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Scottish, Scots, Scots Englishadjective

    the dialect of English used in Scotland

  2. Scots, Scottish, Scotchadjective

    of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language

    "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"

Wiktionary

  1. Scottishadjective

    Of a person, native to or born in Scotland.

  2. Scottishadjective

    Of a thing or concept, of or pertaining to Scotland.

  3. Scottishnoun

    The people of Scotland.

  4. Etymology: From Scot + -ish.

ChatGPT

  1. scottish

    Scottish generally refers to anything related to Scotland, a country in the United Kingdom located in the northern part of Great Britain. This includes its culture, people, geography, history, music, languages (such as Scottish Gaelic and Scots), foods, and traditions. A person who is Scottish is someone who is from Scotland or of Scottish descent.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scottishadjective

    of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect

  2. Etymology: [From Scot a Scotchman: cf. AS. Scyttisc, and E. Scotch, a., Scots, a.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'scottish' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #979

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'scottish' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2679

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'scottish' in Adjectives Frequency: #122

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scottish in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scottish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of scottish in a Sentence

  1. Ian Poulter:

    I feel everything that I’ve done the last 24 years, from my card and what I’ve played and committed throughout the years – 389 tournaments that I’ve played on the European tour, holding two tour cards but still staying as committed as I’ve been to the European tour like I have - I wanted to play [the Scottish Open].

  2. Valentin Marinov:

    Many positives are in the price of the pound and this is reflected in market positioning as well as FX valuation, there has been little focus on downside risks like the loss of the GBP vaccine advantage in recent weeks, the May 6 Scottish elections, as well as the potential for a renewed weakness of global risk sentiment in May and June because of a renewed spike in UST yields on the back of strong US data.

  3. David Cameron:

    We are keeping our promise to the Scottish people.

  4. So I Married an Axe Murderer:

    Harriet Do you actually like haggis Charlie No, I think it's repellent in every way. In fact, I think most Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.

  5. American Tom Watson:

    That Sunday morning of the playoff against Jack Newton I was leaving the house, and it's raining, it's cold, and here comes a little Scottish girl, comes up to the front door and said' Mr American Tom Watson, please take this for good luck,' i could barely understand her, but I finally figured it out. She gave me a little thing of tin foil, and in it was some white heather, I kept that in my bag for years for good luck, and it brought me good luck.

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  • Leroy Fuller
    Leroy Fuller
    In the song Comin' through the Rye there is a phrase "Nane may say h'e I" what does that mean?
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