schottische

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schot⋅tische

[shot-ish]

–noun

1.	a round dance resembling the polka.

2.	the music for this dance.

Origin:
1840–50; < G: Scottish (dance)

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schot·tische (shŏt'ĭsh, shŏ-tēsh')

A round dance in 2/4 time.
A piece of music for this dance.

[German, from schottisch, Scottish, from Middle High German schottesch, from schotte, a Scot, from Old High German scotto, from Late Latin Scottus, Irishman.]

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Word Origin & History

schottische

round dance resembling a polka, 1849, from Ger. Schottische, from schottische "Scottish," from Schotte "a native of Scotland," from O.H.G. Scotto, from L.L. Scottus (see Scot). The pronunciation is French.

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