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Gallic, a.1 and n.|ˈgælɪk|
[ad. L. Gallic-us Gaulish (in mod.L. ‘French’), f. Gallus Gaul.]
A. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Gauls or Gaul; Gaulish.
1796H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) III. 353 Venus had descended on this part of the Gallic shore. 1881F. E. Warren Celtic Liturgy 59 Gallic sailors with their ship came to Iona.
b. Often used as a rhetorical or (now chiefly) semi-humorous synonym for ‘French’; sometimes with allusion to characteristics which the French are supposed to have inherited from their Gaulish ancestors. † His Gallic Majesty: the king of France.
1672Crowne Chas. VIII, ii. Dram. Wks. 1873 I 152 I' th' glories of the Gallic Court. 1712Addison Spect. No. 481 ⁋6 A little warm fellow..fell most unmercifully upon his Gallic majesty. 1756Johnson Let. to Dr. Hawksworth Mar., It is too Gallick. 1778A. Adams in J. Adams' Fam. Lett. (1876) 331 My imagination sets you down upon the Gallic shore. 1879Geo. Eliot Theo. Such xi. 190 It is his habit to talk with a Gallic largeness and refer to the universe. 1888F. Hume Mad. Midas i. Prol., We will Match our Gallic wit against these English fools.
c. In combining form, as ˌGallico-ˈAnglian, an Englishman who favours the French.
1804J. Larwood No Gun Boat 8 Is there a Gallico-Anglian who has the perverseness to say that [etc.].
B. n. A Frenchman. rare—1.
1755J. Adams Let. 12 Oct. in Webster Adams & Jefferson 17 If we can remove the turbulent Gallicks, our people..will in another century, become more numerous than England itself. |