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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1678-1693
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Scot(t)icism, n. [Cf. 18th c. Eng. Scoticism (1717) in Defoe Memoirs of the Church of Scotland.] A word, phrase or idiom regarded as characteristically Scots, usu. one that has been introduced into a passage of Southern English. — 1678 Ravillac Redivivus (1678) 77.
That you would make remarks upon my letters, and faithfully admonish me of all the Scoticisms, or all the words and phrases that are not current English therein 1693 Sage Fundam. Chart. Presb. Pref. Sig. b 2b (see Scottis adj. and n. B 1 (2) (b)).
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