See Also: medic(medicine)
Medic(dictionary)
medic(dictionary)

Scotticism (iou) and medic (medicine)


Scotticism (iou)



Scotticism noun. Also Scoticism. E18.
[from late Latin Scot(t)icus + -ISM.]
A Scottish word, idiom, or grammatical feature. E18.
A (typically) Scottish outlook; adherence to or support for what is Scottish. rare. E19.

medic (medicine)


medic
<botany> A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. Sativa.

Origin: L. Medica, Gr. (sc) a kind of clover introduced from Media, from Median.

Source: Websters Dictionary