| 单词 | his gallic majesty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHis Gallic Majesty 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. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [adjective] FrenchOE Frenchly1530 Frank1552 Gaulish1656 Gallic1672 parleyvoo1778 Gallo-American1797 Gaulic1840 Gallo-German1861 froggy1937 1672 J. Crowne Hist. Charles VIII ii. 20 I' th' glories of the Gallique Coutt. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 481. ¶6 A little warm Fellow..fell most unmercifully upon his Gallic Majesty. 1756 S. Johnson Let. Mar. (1992) I. 129 It is too Gallick. 1778 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 331 My imagination sets you down upon the Gallic shore. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xi. 190 It is his habit to talk with a Gallic largeness and refer to the universe. 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. Prol. 16 We will match our Gallic wit against these English fools. < as lemmas |
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