Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the Picts or their language or culture.
- noun The language of the Picts, of uncertain affiliation, known chiefly from place names and extinct by the tenth century.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Picts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Picts; resembling the Picts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
Picts .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"That," said the ferryman, "is what we call a Pictish castle.
Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America William Cullen Bryant 1836
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The south-west corner, Galloway, was called Pictish, and was peopled by Gaelic-speaking tribes.
A Short History of Scotland Andrew Lang 1878
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'Pictish' culture, to me, is just what it sounds like - a culture of pictures, not easily comprehendible to others, hence the simplistic label Whether that be stone art, carvings, tatoos, textiles, metal work etc.
Pictish female names Carla 2010
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Gabriele - Would we even know a 'Pictish' name when we saw one?
Brittonic names in ‘Anglo-Saxon’ genealogies, and vice versa Carla 2009
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Historically, Scottish people are associated with many different languages such as Pictish,
unknown title 2009
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John adopted an alter-ego, The Pictish Trail, but never seemed to record anything.
Andrew Lawrence: my comic partner swapped Edinburgh festival for The Pictish Trail 2011
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Busy as he is and moderately employable as I am, I've not seen much of The Pictish Trail lately.
Andrew Lawrence: my comic partner swapped Edinburgh festival for The Pictish Trail 2011
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My Irish, Pictish and Norse people live by stone and stars, tides and turning of the year.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Words, Pictures, Memory 2009
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Another source gives it as "Nechtain's stead" and I have been told that this was one of the Pictish kings, although what he was doing in this part of the Highlands is unclear.
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Andrew Lawrence's old pal The Pictish Trail swaps the Fence for the herbaceous border
Andrew Lawrence: my comic partner swapped Edinburgh festival for The Pictish Trail 2011
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