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scots
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scots has 1 sense
- scots(n = noun.communication) scots english, scottish - the dialect of English used in Scotland; Array is a kind of english, english language
has particulars: lallans, scottish lallans
Derived form adjective scots1
Adjective scots has 1 sense
- scots(a = adj.pert) scotch, scottish - 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'" Derived form noun scots1
CIDE DICTIONARY
scots, a. [For older Scottis Scottish. See Scottish.].
Of or pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s. 8d.). [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scots, adj. & n. esp. Sc.
--adj.
1 = SCOTTISH adj.
2 in the dialect, accent, etc., of (esp. Lowlands) Scotland.
--n.
1 = SCOTTISH n.
2 the form of English spoken in (esp. Lowlands) Scotland.
--adj.
1 = SCOTTISH adj.
2 in the dialect, accent, etc., of (esp. Lowlands) Scotland.
--n.
1 = SCOTTISH n.
2 the form of English spoken in (esp. Lowlands) Scotland.
Etymology
ME orig. Scottis, north. var. of SCOTTISH
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