Scotic, a.
(ˈskɒtɪk)
Also 8–9 Scottic.
[ad. late L. Scōticus, Scotticus, f. Scōt-us, Scott-us: see Scot n.1]
† 1. Used as a designation for the Scottish dialect.
| c 1645 Howell Lett. (1655) II. 74 The English speech..hath..divers subdialects..but her chiefest is the Scotic, which took footing beyond Tweed about the last conquest. |
2. Pertaining to the ancient Scots.
| 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. II. 183 The uncorrupted native language of the Irish is the Gaedhloc, or Scottic. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Preh. Ann. Scot. 470 Cairbre Riada, a celebrated Scottic warrior. Ibid. 479 The Scotic line of princes. 1873 Contemp. Rev. XXI. 253 Our method of colonization has failed with the children of the Scotic race. 1882–3 Schaff's Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1232 Celestius, the companion of Pelagius, is supposed by some to have been of Scotic, i.e., Irish origin. 1902 Macbain in Skene Highlanders Scot. 400 Donald being likely a Scotic prince. |