Scottish

[ skot-ish ]

adjective

1. Also of or relating to Scotland, its people, or their language.

noun

1. the people of Scotland.
2. Scots ( def 1 ).

Scottish

/ ˈskɒtɪʃ /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Scotland, its people, their Gaelic language, or their English dialect

noun

1. the Scottish
   functioning as plural the Scots collectively

Confusables Note

See Scotch.

Other Words From

• Scottish·ly adverb
• Scottish·ness noun
• half-Scottish adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Scottish¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English, from Late Latin Scott(us) Scot + -ish ¹; replacing Old English Scyttisc

Example Sentences

After acquiring the private course, board members spent an additional $5 million to build a Scottish-themed clubhouse, with a restaurant and bar, and opened it to the public.

From ProPublica

Finally, one of the most promising Scottish spaceports has run into a pretty serious roadblock.

From Ars Technica

I’ve been able to work from a little cottage in the Scottish Highlands, which is somewhere I’d never expect I’d run a business from.

From Digiday

In December, Scottish inventor Andrew Slorance of Phoenix Instinct won a million-dollar mobility prize from Toyota to bring his company’s “smart” wheelchair concept to market.

From Washington Post

As, for instance, the Scottish philosopher Adam Ferguson—a staunch opponent of the American Revolution—explained, liberty consisted in the “security of our rights.”

From Time

The idea of black Bond caused Limbaugh to exclaim on his show last week that Bond was “white and Scottish, period.”

From The Daily Beast

Auld lang syne” is Scottish-Gaelic for “old long since,” or, more idiomatically, “days gone by” or “time long past.

From The Daily Beast

Imagine driving through the Scottish countryside, rolling through a vast landscape of green hills and cloudy skies.

From The Daily Beast

Scottish farmers had already been making whisky in the area for centuries with their surplus barley.

From The Daily Beast

Their legendary barrel aging program is unique, even among Scottish distilleries, for its range of natural color expressions.

From The Daily Beast

A border feud at Reedsquair, between the English and Scottish marchmen, in which the former were completely beaten.

From Project Gutenberg

Andrew Michael Ramsay, a Scottish historian and philosopher, died.

From Project Gutenberg

Battle of Nisbeth, between the English and Scottish forces, in which 10,000 of the latter were slain.

From Project Gutenberg

Those were the days when between the Scottish railway companies the keenest rivalry and the bitterest competition existed.

From Project Gutenberg

Edward, while busily arranging 'to cross seas' to Flanders, was also pushing forward preparations for a 'Scottish War.'

From Project Gutenberg