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schottische

schot·tische

UK/ʃɒˈtiːʃ/ US/ʃəˈtiːʃ/ uncommon

noun

1.

music performed for dancing the schottische

2.

a German round dance resembling a slow polka

Origin

From German schottische (“Scottish”), as in der schottische Tanz (“the Scottish dance”). First attested in 1849. Doublet of Scottish and Scotch. The Oxford English Dictionary comments that the “quasi-French pronunciation […] has no justification”.

Phrases

  • Balmoral Schottische
  • Highland Schottische
  • Military Schottische

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