Pict

noun

ˈpikt 

: a member of a people of the north of Scotland who are first noted in historical records in the late third century and who became amalgamated with the Scots in the mid-eighth century

Pictish

ˈpik-tish 

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

Middle English Pictes, plural, Picts, from Old English Pihtas, from Late Latin Picti

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above