Scottish

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adjective

Scot·tish ˈskä-tish

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Scotland, Scots, or the Scots

Scottishness

ˈskä-tish-nəs

noun

Scottish

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Examples of Scottish in a Sentence

Adjective He spoke with a Scottish accent. Robert Burns was a great Scottish poet.

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Adjective

Drug laws that cover Scotland are set by the British Parliament at Westminster, but are enforced by Scottish courts, which operate their own system. —

Stephen Castle, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025 Medley was the first person killed by the Traitors in season three and was escorted from Alan Cumming’s Scottish castle within minutes of the start of the second episode (the first three episodes dropped on Peacock on Thursday). —

Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 10 Jan. 2025

Noun

Four lynx — a medium-sized wildcat that disappeared from Scotland hundreds of years ago — were spotted in the Scottish Highlands in recent days, raising concerns that a private breeder had illegally released the predators into the wild. —

Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 Over a thousand years ago, the Eurasian lynx roamed the snowy terrain of the Scottish Highlands, its last refuge in the British Isles. —

Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for Scottish