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Pict

Pict

2 9.9
A person from an ancient people who lived in northern Scotland before the Middle Ages
  • proper noun
  • /pɪkt/
: Pict
  • She knows the Picts-- knows their ways, knows their hideaways.

He fights against the the Asgardians, he fights against the Picts, he fights against all these these people and of course fights against apes, things like that too.

Examples

  • Over the years, the public has often been fed a somewhat distorted view of the Picts.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The Picts had expanded from their palisaded home site and encroached on the pasture land.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • - Our battle with the Picts was a success.

    Die by the Sword (2020)

  • When the Picts come after you, they never stop.

    Centurion (2010)

  • I am a Pict, and I have a Pict's night eyes.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • We cannot hold back the Picts.

    Die by the Sword (2020)

  • The winters up there are bitter cold, and the Picts are a fierce, proud, brave people.

    Die by the Sword (2020)

  • He says the Picts breached the wall and are moving south into Britannia.

    Die by the Sword (2020)

  • But our excavations at Tarbat, especially over the past five years, now strongly suggest that the Picts did have a fully developed monastic tradition.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The Picts built impressive hill forts to protect themselves from invaders.

Synonyms

Pictish
vsPict
2 9.9

A person who belonged to an ancient people in northern Scotland

refers to a member of that people living in Scotland before medieval times

Surface Forms

Pict main

Etymology

Pict comes from the Latin Picti, meaning 'painted', from the verb pingere 'to paint'. People were seen with body paint or tattoos, so calling them 'the painted ones' became the name for that ancient Scottish people.