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sans-culottic

/ˌsɒ̃ŋkjuːˈlɒtɪk/

sans-culottic adjective: relating to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical.

Adjective

sans-culottic (comparative more sans-culottic, superlative most sans-culottic)

  1. Relating to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical.
    • Falling Bastilles, Insurrections of Women, thousands of smoking Manorhouses, a country bristling with no crop but that of Sansculottic steel[.]1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter II, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 12

Forms of sans-culottic

comparativemore sans-culottic
superlativemost sans-culottic

Origin of sans-culottic

From sans-culotte + -ic.

Questions about sans-culottic

What does sans-culottic mean?
Sans-culottic means relating to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical.
What part of speech is sans-culottic?
Sans-culottic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sans-culottic?
Sans-culottic is pronounced /ˌsɒ̃ŋkjuːˈlɒtɪk/.

Words near sans-culottic in the dictionary

  1. sans souci
  2. sans égal
  3. sans-culotte
  4. sans-culotterie
  5. sans-culottes
  6. sans-culottic
  7. sans-culottide
  8. sans-culottides
  9. sans-culottish
  10. sans-culottism
  11. sans-culottisms

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