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单词 gaulic
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Gaulicadj.n.

Brit. /ˈɡɔːlɪk/, U.S. /ˈɡɔlɪk/, /ˈɡɑlɪk/
Forms: see Gaul n. and -ic suffix; also 1600s Gaullick.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Or (ii) from a proper name, combined with an English element; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Gaul n., -ic suffix; proper name Gaul , -ic suffix.
Etymology: < either Gaul n. or the (etymologically unrelated) place name Gaul (see discussion at Gaul n. and adj.) + -ic suffix, originally after classical Latin gallicus Gallic adj.1 Compare earlier Gaul adj., Gaulish adj., and Gallic adj.1 With use as noun compare earlier Gaulish n.
A. adj.
1. Of or relating to ancient Gaul, its people, or language; Gaulish. Cf. Gallic adj.1 a.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > the Gauls > [adjective]
Celtic?1530
Gaulish1594
Gallican1598
Gaul1601
Gaulic1610
Menapian1709
Gallic1796
Gallo-Roman1841
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 21 The Gaulike Leuca, or League [L. leuca Gallica], conteineth..just so many paces.
1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xix. 46 Ther be divers old Gaulick words yet remaining in the French which are pure British.
1844 L. S. Costello Béarn & Pyrenees: Legendary Tour I. 99 Numerous treasures of Gaulic and Roman and Middle-age art.
1916 Sci. Monthly Feb. 156 Arras was the Gaulic capital of the tribe of the Atrebates.
2007 Archaeol. 60 No. 1. 38/1 While Hannibal hoped to traverse the Alps during the summer, he battled various Gaulic tribes en route and instead ended up crossing in late October.
2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of France or French people; French. Cf. Gallic adj.1 b, Gaulish adj. 2.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [adjective]
FrenchOE
Frenchly1530
Frank1552
Gaulish1656
Gallic1672
parleyvoo1778
Gallo-American1797
Gaulic1840
Gallo-German1861
froggy1937
1840 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 17 Sept. It is all a game of Russia; she had every thing to fear against an Anglo-Gaulic alliance, and determined to break it up.
1908 Evening Record (Traverse City, Mich.) 14 Dec. 4/2 Having flowered the fated once the Gaulic aloe can yield no more Napoleons.
1984 Jrnl. Amer. Water Wks Assoc. 76 No. 4. 96/2 A variety of the French delicacies come from the city's Gaulic heritage.
2009 Sunday Times of India 4 Jan. 15/2 In France..word of the destruction was met with a mixture of Gaulic shrugs and low-grade peevishness.
B. n.
The Celtic language spoken in ancient Gaul; = Gaulish n. Now rare.In early use, sometimes considered to include the related language of Britain (cf. British n. 1); cf. Celt n.1 1b and the note at that sense.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Celtic > Gaulish
Gaulic1610
Gaulish1610
Gallo-Roman1934
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. 22 And when the Saxons..heard the Britans speake Gaulike [L. Gallice], they termed them Walli, that is, Galli, that is to say, Gaules.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Introd. sig. A3v The Antient Language of Britain is generally allow'd to have been the same with the Gaulic or French.
1777 London Rev. Eng. & Foreign Lit. 5 App. 493 At that time [that of Charlemagne] it appears that a kind of mixture, or lingua franca, of Latin, Gaulic, and Franc, was in general use.
1866 Anthropol. Rev. 4 283 The Latin became the official language, whilst the people continued to speak Gaulic..for several centuries.
2002 Current Anthropol. 43 92/1 The reflex of the same etymon is applied to divine beings in Oscan..and Umbrian..as well as in Gaulic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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