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Gaelic, a. and n.|ˈgeɪlɪk|
Forms: 8 Gaelick, Galic, 9 Gaelic. Cf. Gadhelic.
[f. Gael + -ic. The form Galic perhaps represents Sc. Gael. Gaidhlig (ˈgaːlɪk), while Gaelic is a fresh formation from Gael = Gaidheal |ˈgaɪal|. The word is first used to denote the language, etc., of the Scottish Gael, in more recent times that of the Irish branch also.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the Gaels or Celtic inhabitants of the highlands of Scotland; occas. in wider sense, pertaining to that branch of the Celts which includes the Scottish Gaels with the Irish and Manx.
[1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. i. 73 Quhilke commounlie is called..the Gathelik toung, albeit corrupetlie.] 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772, 249 Stones..with Galic inscriptions. 1787Burns Let. to Miss M. Chalmers Wks. (Globe) 352 It was the tune of a Gaelic song. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxvii, We have not a Gaelic word by which we can even name a maker of gloves. 1831in Sir J. Sinclair's Corr. II. 408 The history and origin of the Gaelic people. 1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) I. 299 The Gaelic language prevails throughout almost all Inverness-shire. 1895J. H. Staples in Trans. Phil. Soc. 210 These Gaelic changes are of a special and only temporary nature.
2. Gaelic coffee, coffee with cream and Irish whisky.
1952Coffee Trade News May 8 As one of the Scots Quartette who were introduced to Gaelic coffee in Dublin last week, I share their curiosity as to whether it would prove as popular in Scotland as in the land of its invention. 1967J. B. Priestley It's Old Country iii. 29 She invited him to take Gaelic coffee in her sitting room.
B. n. The Gaelic language.
1775Boswell Let. Johnson 18 Feb. in Life Johnson, It is affirmed that the Gaelick (call it Erse or call it Irish) has been written in the Highlands and Hebrides for many centuries. 1806Gazetteer Scotl. (ed. 2) 267 The Gaelic is the language of the people. 1876Grant Burgh Sch. Scotl. ii. xiii. 372 note, Children who can only speak Gaelic. 1895J. Strachan in Trans. Phil. Soc. 192 note, There is no evidence that the Irish rule ever held good in pure Scotch Gaelic. 1897Gaelic Jrnl. VIII. 96/1 The influence exerted on the minds of the Irish-speakers..when they found people coming long distances..in order to learn Gaelic.
Comb.1897Daily News 8 Mar. 2/4 There were 254,000 Gaelic-speaking persons in Scotland.
▸ Gaelic football n. a form of football originating in Ireland, with two competing teams of fifteen players, in which the ball is kicked or punched between team members, with the object of conveying it over the opposition's crossbar (scoring one point) or into their goal net (scoring three points).
1890N.Y. Times 28 Nov. 2/4 A game of *Gaelic football was played yesterday afternoon upon the New-York Baseball Grounds.., under the management of the Irish-American Athletic Club. 1903Gaelic Amer. 13 Oct. 4/6 The Gaelic football match between teams representing the Galway and Sligo Men's Associations had to be discontinued after twenty minutes of exciting and scientific play. 1949C. Graves Ireland Revisited ix. 81 Next day I had the opportunity of watching Gaelic football. At first sight it looked exactly like Association Football. 2000Kingdom (Killarney, County Kerry) 19 Sept. i. 38/1 The hand pass was introduced and the hand pass changed the entire face of Gaelic Football. |