Scottish
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Scottish/ˈskɒtɪʃ/
▶adjective relating to Scotland or its people. ▶noun (as pl. n. the Scottish) the people of Scotland.
– derivatives
Scottishness noun.
Scottishness noun.
usage: Scottish, Scot, Scots, and Scotch are all variants of the same word, but have developed different uses and connotations in modern English. Today, it is advisable to use Scottish to mean ‘relating to Scotland or its people’, and Scot (along with Scotsman, Scotswoman, and the plural form the Scots) to mean ‘a person from Scotland’. See also usage at Scotch and Scots.
'Scottish' also found in these Oxford entries:
academy
- advocate
- agley
- allanite
- anent
- argyle
- ashet
- ask
- auld
- aw
- aye
- Ayrshire
- bahookie
- bairn
- baldy
- balloon
- balmoral
- bawbee
- beastie
- Bell's palsy
- ben
- ben
- besom
- bing
- birl
- blackmail
- blaeberry
- blether
- bluebell
- bodach
- boggart
- bogle
- boke
- bonny
- brae
- braw
- breeks
- bridie
- brig
- brogue
- brogue
- broo
- brose
- Brownian motion
- brucellosis
- buffet
- burgh
- burn
- bursar
- but
