Associations to the word «Hogmanay»

Wiktionary

HOGMANAY, noun. (Scotland) New Year's Eve.
HOGMANAY, noun. (Scotland) A celebration or gift for New Year's Eve.

Dictionary definition

HOGMANAY, noun. New Year's Eve in Scotland.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats