Scotchify

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verb

To make Scottish; Scottify.

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Meanings

verbScotchify (third-person singular simple present Scotchifies, present participle Scotchifying, simple past and past participle Scotchified)

present singular third person Scotchifies · participle present Scotchifying · participle past Scotchified · past Scotchified

  1. archaictransitiveTo make Scottish; Scottify.

    It is curious how Scotchmen will Scotchify the names of persons, places, and things, which were originally Scotch.

    1866, Andrew Halliday Duff, Town and Country, page 256

Origin

From Scotch + -ify.

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APA

Scotchify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotchify

MLA

“Scotchify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotchify. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Scotchify,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotchify.

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