| 1. | Also called Scottish. the English language as spoken in Scotland. Compare Scots Gaelic. |
| 2. | Scottish (def. 1). |
| 1. | Also, Scots. of or pertaining to Scotland, its people, or their language. |
Scot (skŏt) n.
[From Middle English Scottes, Scotsmen, from Old English Scottas, Scotsmen, Irishmen, from Late Latin Scottī, Irishmen.] |
Scots (skŏts) adj. Scottish. See Usage Note at Scottish. n. The language traditionally spoken by people living in the Lowlands of Scotland. Scots is sometimes classified as a variety of English and sometimes as a separate language. [Middle English scottis, variant of scottisc, Scottish, from Scotte, sing. of Scottes, Scotsmen; see Scot.] |
"Scot, with its variants Scotch, Scottish, etc., may have been an Irish term of scorn (Scuit, pronounced shite); its ulterior origin is unknown." [Shipley]