1. of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language;
"Scots gaelic""the Scots community in New York""`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'""`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"