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US
/ˈɡæɫɪk/
]
[ UK /ɡˈælɪk/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈælɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls
Ancient Gallic dialects
the Gallic Wars
Gallic migrations -
of or pertaining to France or the people of France
French cooking
a Gallic shrug
How To Use Gallic In A Sentence
- Squire Western, who, surrounded by piqueurs, and girt with the conventional cor de chasse of the Gallic sportsman, sings the following ariette, diversified with true Fielding
- A gorgeous, old gallica rose with fully double-yet-flat, deep magenta-pink flowers. Times, Sunday Times
- Bourbons, damasks, albas, gallicas, mosses and rugosas are all likely groups of roses to choose from for fragrance - the difficulty is narrowing down the candidates.
- It should be noted that the name Gallican has also been applied to two other uses: (1) a French use introduced by the Normans into The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
- He was at that time "a vehement anti-ministerialist," but, after the invasion of Switzerland, a more vehement anti-Gallican, and still more intensely an anti-Jacobin: The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838
- But the vegetable substance in which the gallic acid most abounds is _nutgall_, a kind of excrescence that grows on oaks, and from which the acid is commonly obtained for its various purposes. Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments
- In the play s celebrated central act they get riotously tipsy as they await the nocturnal arrival of the Gallic Romeo.
- Elisabeth Badinter's bestselling book champions France's so-so moms as the secret to high Gallic birth rates. In Praise of the Mediocre Mother
- The light-haired, dark-eyed Bonnaire was just 15 when she caused a sensation among Gallic cinephiles.
- A galosh While Mr. Chisena's modern galoshes evolved in America, they're linguistically Gallic and culturally Slavic. The Time May Be Right for Galoshes to Make a Splash Again