Scotch mistn.

Brit.

/skɒtʃ ˈmɪst/, U.S.

/ˌskɑtʃ ˈmɪst/

Forms: see Scotch adj. and n.³ and mist n.¹ Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Scotch adj., mist n.¹

Etymology: < Scotch adj. + mist n.¹ Compare earlier Scottish mist n. at Scottish adj. and n. Compounds 3.

1. A dense, soaking mist characteristic of the Scottish hills; (also) a steady drizzle, a fine rain.Proverb. a Scotch mist wets an Englishman to the skin and variants.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > very wet mist

Scottish mist1589

Scotch mist1639

Scots mist1648

dag-

1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 11 A scotch mist, may wet an Englishman to th' skin.

1662 Gusman's Ephemeris A 2 b Since the first Scotch Mist in England 20 [years].

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Scotch-mist, a sober, soaking Rain.

?1752 Let. from Physician in Highlands 5 Bogs and Heath..receive and detain every Shower like a Sponge, and retail them on the Country in..Scotch Mists, which, according to the old Proverb, are sufficient to wet an Englishman to the Skin.

1770 J. Wesley Jrnl. 16 Apr. (1827) III. 384 We..got into a Scotch mist, and were dropping wet.

1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxxi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 353 Provided only she be na wrapt up a'thegither in a vile, cauld, nizzling, mizzling, drizzling, Scotch mist.

1844 Monthly Rev. July 332 We suppose this [sc. the Devonshire mizzle] is cousin-german to the Scotch mist ‘that wets an Englishman to the skin’.

1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 38/1 With a light drizzle or Scotch mist falling thickly.

1921 Scribner's Mag. June 679/2 It was still raining on this particular red-letter day, or let us say euphemistically that there was a Scotch mist.

1995 Guardian 21 Feb. i. 21/2 A stately form of a quite different kind looms out of the February Scotch mist.

2. figurative and allusive. Something that clouds a person's perception or understanding; (also) something or someone considered as insubstantial or unreal.In later use frequently used sarcastically in rhetorical questions, as ‘What do you think that is, Scotch mist?’, etc., implying that the person addressed has failed to perceive something obvious.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > unreality > an unreal thing or appearance

phantasma1398

chimera1587

mockerya1616

Scotch mist1647

tanquam1654

Plato's cave1683

unreal1825

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > something unreal

reverie1602

module1608

scindapsea1641

phantasm1642

Scotch mist1647

notional1653

1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 7 This is he, that hath put out one of the Kingdoms eyes, by clouding our Mother-University, and (if the Scotch-mist further prevaile) will extinguish this other.

1660 J. Collop Itur Satyricum 9 No pulpits shall vie tricks with Hocus Pocus Truths rais shall clear them, that no Scotch myst choak us.

1683 R. L'Estrange Considerations upon Printed Sheet 27 This Paper is only a Scotch Mist from one End to the Other. There's..not One Syllable in Proof.

1757 J. Shebbeare Occas. Critic 126 Johnsons being an Irishman; whose Merits the Scotch Mist of Prejudice has has prevented you from discerning.

1833 Times 26 Feb. 3/5 The vague, and fanciful, and Scotch-mist theories of Joseph Hume.

1899 Education Feb. 377 There are but two propositions of radical importance at the bottom of all this ‘Scotch mist’ of controversy.

1919 Theatre Arts Mag. Oct. 244 As if Barrie were merely some evasive being of moonlight and Scotch mist.

1962 New Statesman 18 May 708/2 ‘Are yer married?’ ‘Course she is. What do yer think that is? Scotch mist?’ Rube points to my wedding-ring.

2008 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Apr. ii. 25 There are no curtains. ‘There are curtains. What do you think those are, scotch mist?’

3. Chiefly U.S. A drink of whisky served with crushed ice and a twist of lemon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > whisky cocktail

whisky-skin1856

Manhattan1882

whisky sour1889

highball?1894

Rob Roy1895

Alexander?1910

old-fashioned1912

Scotch mist1947

whisky mac1960

1947 Charleston (Va.) Gaz. 12 Nov. 6/6 Two bourbon-soda and for me a Scotch mist.

1977 J. G. Dunne True Confessions ix. 131 Howard Terkel stood at the Biltmore bar and ordered a Scotch mist.

1993 J. Lescroart Hard Evid. vi. 28 Her drink arrived, a double Scotch mist from the looks of it, and she drank half of it in a gulp.

Derivatives

Scotch-ˈmisty adj. characterized by Scotch mist.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective] > characterized by wet mist

Scotch-misty1830

1830 A. Cruckshanks Let. 25 Nov. in Bot. Misc. (1831) 2 177 The Scotch-misty weather, the winter of the coast, had lately set in.

1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 210 A windless, Scotch-misty Saturday night.

1996 P. Joyce Zimbabwe Beautiful 21 The Buddha range of mountains, gentler than their Nyanga neighbours and in their own Scotch-misty way just as beautiful.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scotch mist
释义	Scotch mistn. Brit. /skɒtʃ ˈmɪst/, U.S. /ˌskɑtʃ ˈmɪst/ Forms: see Scotch adj. and n.³ and mist n.¹ Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Scotch adj., mist n.¹ Etymology: < Scotch adj. + mist n.¹ Compare earlier Scottish mist n. at Scottish adj. and n. Compounds 3. 1. A dense, soaking mist characteristic of the Scottish hills; (also) a steady drizzle, a fine rain.Proverb. a Scotch mist wets an Englishman to the skin and variants. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [noun] > very wet mist Scottish mist1589 Scotch mist1639 Scots mist1648 dag- 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 11 A scotch mist, may wet an Englishman to th' skin. 1662 Gusman's Ephemeris A 2 b Since the first Scotch Mist in England 20 [years]. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Scotch-mist, a sober, soaking Rain. ?1752 Let. from Physician in Highlands 5 Bogs and Heath..receive and detain every Shower like a Sponge, and retail them on the Country in..Scotch Mists, which, according to the old Proverb, are sufficient to wet an Englishman to the Skin. 1770 J. Wesley Jrnl. 16 Apr. (1827) III. 384 We..got into a Scotch mist, and were dropping wet. 1827 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxxi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 353 Provided only she be na wrapt up a'thegither in a vile, cauld, nizzling, mizzling, drizzling, Scotch mist. 1844 Monthly Rev. July 332 We suppose this [sc. the Devonshire mizzle] is cousin-german to the Scotch mist ‘that wets an Englishman to the skin’. 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 38/1 With a light drizzle or Scotch mist falling thickly. 1921 Scribner's Mag. June 679/2 It was still raining on this particular red-letter day, or let us say euphemistically that there was a Scotch mist. 1995 Guardian 21 Feb. i. 21/2 A stately form of a quite different kind looms out of the February Scotch mist. 2. figurative and allusive. Something that clouds a person's perception or understanding; (also) something or someone considered as insubstantial or unreal.In later use frequently used sarcastically in rhetorical questions, as ‘What do you think that is, Scotch mist?’, etc., implying that the person addressed has failed to perceive something obvious. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [noun] > unreality > an unreal thing or appearance phantasma1398 chimera1587 mockerya1616 Scotch mist1647 tanquam1654 Plato's cave1683 unreal1825 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > something unreal reverie1602 module1608 scindapsea1641 phantasm1642 Scotch mist1647 notional1653 1647 J. Cleveland Char. London-diurnall 7 This is he, that hath put out one of the Kingdoms eyes, by clouding our Mother-University, and (if the Scotch-mist further prevaile) will extinguish this other. 1660 J. Collop Itur Satyricum 9 No pulpits shall vie tricks with Hocus Pocus Truths rais shall clear them, that no Scotch myst choak us. 1683 R. L'Estrange Considerations upon Printed Sheet 27 This Paper is only a Scotch Mist from one End to the Other. There's..not One Syllable in Proof. 1757 J. Shebbeare Occas. Critic 126 Johnsons being an Irishman; whose Merits the Scotch Mist of Prejudice has has prevented you from discerning. 1833 Times 26 Feb. 3/5 The vague, and fanciful, and Scotch-mist theories of Joseph Hume. 1899 Education Feb. 377 There are but two propositions of radical importance at the bottom of all this ‘Scotch mist’ of controversy. 1919 Theatre Arts Mag. Oct. 244 As if Barrie were merely some evasive being of moonlight and Scotch mist. 1962 New Statesman 18 May 708/2 ‘Are yer married?’ ‘Course she is. What do yer think that is? Scotch mist?’ Rube points to my wedding-ring. 2008 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Apr. ii. 25 There are no curtains. ‘There are curtains. What do you think those are, scotch mist?’ 3. Chiefly U.S. A drink of whisky served with crushed ice and a twist of lemon. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > whisky cocktail whisky-skin1856 Manhattan1882 whisky sour1889 highball?1894 Rob Roy1895 Alexander?1910 old-fashioned1912 Scotch mist1947 whisky mac1960 1947 Charleston (Va.) Gaz. 12 Nov. 6/6 Two bourbon-soda and for me a Scotch mist. 1977 J. G. Dunne True Confessions ix. 131 Howard Terkel stood at the Biltmore bar and ordered a Scotch mist. 1993 J. Lescroart Hard Evid. vi. 28 Her drink arrived, a double Scotch mist from the looks of it, and she drank half of it in a gulp. Derivatives Scotch-ˈmisty adj. characterized by Scotch mist. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adjective] > characterized by wet mist Scotch-misty1830 1830 A. Cruckshanks Let. 25 Nov. in Bot. Misc. (1831) 2 177 The Scotch-misty weather, the winter of the coast, had lately set in. 1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 210 A windless, Scotch-misty Saturday night. 1996 P. Joyce Zimbabwe Beautiful 21 The Buddha range of mountains, gentler than their Nyanga neighbours and in their own Scotch-misty way just as beautiful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1639
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