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Gallick

Gallick is the obsolete form of Gallic.

Meaning of Gallic

Adjective

Gallic (comparative more Gallic, superlative most Gallic)

  1. (historical) Of or related to Gaul or the Gauls.
    Synonyms:
    Gaulish, Gallian
  2. (historical) Synonym of Frankish, of or related to the medieval Frankish kingdom or the Franks.
    Synonyms:
    Frankish, of or related to the medieval Frankish kingdom or the Franks
  3. Synonym of French, of or related to modern France or the French.
    • This dislocation of gender roles in popular entertainment seems to have started with La Cage Aux Folles. This Gallic drag remake of You Can't Take It With You was a huge success at the box office while managing to present gay characters as comic though never foolish.1983 February 12, Michael Bronski, “Tootsie and the Gender Benders”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 13
    Synonyms:
    French, of or related to modern France or the French

See all 7 meanings of gallic

Forms of Gallick

comparativemore Gallick
superlativemost Gallick

Questions about Gallick

What is Gallick the obsolete form of?
Gallick is the obsolete form of Gallic.

Words near Gallick in the dictionary

  1. gallicized
  2. Gallicizer
  3. Gallicizers
  4. gallicizes
  5. gallicizing
  6. Gallick
  7. Gallicness
  8. gallicolous
  9. gallicrow
  10. gallicrows
  11. gallid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Gallick (page history and authors); Gallic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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