| 单词 | scotch celtic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch Celtic Scotch Celtic n. and adj. [compare earlier Irish Celtic n. and adj. at Irish adj. and n. Compounds 3] now rare (a) adj.= Scottish Gaelic adj.; (b) n. = Scottish Gaelic n.William Shaw's work (referred to in quot. 1777) was actually published in 1778, under the title An Analysis of the Galic Language. ΚΠ 1777 Proposals for Printing (single sheet) An analysis of the Scotch Celtic language. By William Shaw. 1885 Catholic World Oct. 60 Scotch Celtic savants account for the paucity of ancient Gaelic literary remains in Scotland by saying that..the English made it a point to destroy all the records and books they could lay their hands on. 1895 J. M. D. Meiklejohn New Geogr. on Compar. Method (ed. 14) 80 Lough is a Celtic word (in Scotch Celtic, Loch). 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 208/2 The usual meaning of Gaelic, i.e. Scotch-Celtic. 1994 L. L. Francis Frost Family's Adventure i. 28 The use of..little ‘stories’..was strongly stimulated by her Scotch-Celtic father. < as lemmas |
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