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Scoticism

Scoticism is the alternative form of Scotticism.

Meaning of Scotticism

Noun

Scotticism (plural Scotticisms)

  1. (rhetoric) A phrase or idiom peculiar to Scotland or Scottish people.
    • But Scott's veneration for the past reached its highest and most shrewd and intelligent form in his Scotticism.1859, David Masson, British Novelists and their Styles
    Synonyms:
    Scottishism

Forms of Scoticism

pluralScoticisms

Questions about Scoticism

What is Scoticism the alternative form of?
Scoticism is the alternative form of Scotticism.

Words near Scoticism in the dictionary

  1. scotia
  2. Scotia Sea
  3. Scotian
  4. scotias
  5. scotic
  6. Scoticism
  7. Scoticisms
  8. Scotified
  9. Scotifies
  10. Scotify
  11. Scotifying

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Scoticism (page history and authors); Scotticism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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