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gallic
1[ gal-ik ]
gallic
2[ gal-ik, gaw-lik ]
adjective
- pertaining to or derived from plant galls:
gallic acid.
Gallic
1/ ˈɡælɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to France
- of or relating to ancient Gaul or the Gauls
gallic
2/ ˈɡælɪk /
adjective
- of or containing gallium in the trivalent state
gallic
3/ ˈɡælɪk /
adjective
- of, relating to, or derived from plant galls
Other Words From
- Galli·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gallic1
Origin of gallic2
Example Sentences
Moviegoers will want to augment their starchy, sinewy Roman vengeance diet with the herby Gallic mother sauce battering this “Monte Cristo” — after all, “Gladiator” tips its helmet to “Ben-Hur,” which was directly inspired by Dumas’ payback classic.
It was bookended by a prelude in the Tuileries — where a choral rendition of Edith Piaf’s apropos “Sous le ciel de Paris” accompanied French swimming champ Léon Marchand taking a bit of Olympic flame to pass on to us — and a Gallic version of a Super Bowl halftime show, anchored by the band Phoenix.
Like any modern city, Paris’ early inhabitants raised their own food; the Romans, who called the place Lutetia, coaxed grapes and figs from the Gallic soil.
Moving from a diet of meadow bugs and worms to a mash of corn flour and milk in its final sedentary weeks, this revered Gallic bird acquires a unique muscular succulence.
Laurent de Brunhoff, the French artist who nurtured his father’s creation, a beloved, very Gallic and very civilized elephant named Babar, for nearly seven decades — sending him, among other places, into a haunted castle, to New York City and into outer space — died on Friday at his home in Key West, Fla. He was 98.
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