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Scot
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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noun
1.
a native or inhabitant of Scotland.
2.
one of an ancient gaelic people who came from northern Ireland about the 6th century a.d. and settled in the northwestern part of Great Britain, and after whom Scotland was named.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English Scottas (plural) < Late Latin Scottī the Irish
before 900; Middle English; Old English Scottas (plural) < Late Latin Scottī the Irish
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Word Origin & History
Scot
O.E. Scottas (pl.) "inhabitants of Ireland, Irishmen," from L.L. Scotti (c.400), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Celtic (but answering to no known tribal name; Ir. Scots appears to be a L. borrowing). The name followed the Irish tribe which invaded Scotland after the Romans withdrew from Britain in
EXPAND423 C.E., and after the time of Alfred the Great the O.E. word described Irish who had settled in the northwest of Britain.
COLLAPSE
"Scot, with its variants Scotch, Scottish, etc., may have been an Irish term of scorn (Scuit, pronounced shite); its ulterior origin is unknown." [Shipley]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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