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Gallimania

Gallimania noun: synonym of Gallophilia.

Noun

Gallimania (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Gallophilia.
    • He said, he was not so totally lost in the vortex of the Gallimania, that seemed to swallow up all other considerations, as to lose fight entirely of the liberty of the British subječt, and to forget that the great boast of the kingdom had been, that the Taxes paid by Englishmen were imposed...1787, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, The Parliamentary Register
    • Though immediate neighbours, the two nations have, at least in this branch of science, borrowed little from each other; and the Gallimania, which has been so often and so justly ascribed to the Germans, has never induced them to abandon their pursuit after the first elements of knowlege and the...1810, The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, page 505
    Synonyms:
    Gallophilia

Synonyms of Gallimania

Origin of Gallimania

From Latin gallicus + -mania.

Questions about Gallimania

What does Gallimania mean?
Gallimania means synonym of Gallophilia.
What part of speech is Gallimania?
Gallimania is a noun.

Words near Gallimania in the dictionary

  1. Galligher
  2. Gallighers
  3. galligu
  4. Galliher
  5. Gallihers
  6. Gallimania
  7. gallimatia
  8. gallimaufray
  9. gallimaufrays
  10. gallimaufrey
  11. gallimaufreys

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