Gallic

[ US /ˈɡæɫɪk/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈælɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls
    Ancient Gallic dialects
    the Gallic Wars
    Gallic migrations
  2. of or pertaining to France or the people of France
    French cooking
    a Gallic shrug
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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
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