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galliano | galliard | galliardise | galliardness | galliass | gallic | gallic acid | gallican | gallicanism | gallicism | gallicize

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gallic

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Adjective

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Gal=lic

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective gallic has 2 senses

gallic(a = adj.pert) Array - of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; "Ancient Gallic dialects"; "Gallic migrations"; "the Gallic Wars"

Derived form noun

gallic(a = adj.pert) french - of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French cooking"; "a Gallic shrug"

Derived form noun gaul₁

CIDE DICTIONARY

gallic, a. [From Gallium.].

Pertaining to, or containing, gallium. [1913 Webster]

gallic, a. [From Gall the excrescence.].

Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. [1913 Webster]

Gallic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink.

gallic, a. [L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr. Galli the Gauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique.].

Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gallic, adj.
1 French or typically French.
2 of the Gauls; Gaulish.

Derivative

Gallicize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).

Etymology

L Gallicus f. Gallus a Gaul

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