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Gallio|ˈgælɪəʊ|
The name of a Roman proconsul of Achaia, whose refusal to take action is recorded in Acts xviii. 17 (‘And Gallio cared for none of those things’), applied gen. to one who is indifferent. Hence ˈGallio-like a. and adv.; Gallionic |gælɪˈɒnɪk| a., characteristic of a Gallio, indifferent.
1850[see carer]. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 293 Unhappily, Scotland was ruled, not by pious Josiahs, but by careless Gallios. 1865L. Stephen Sk. from Cambridge xii. 137 Our prevailing tone is what I should venture to describe as one of quiet good sense, and what fanatics would consider to be only fit for careless Gallios. Ibid. 140 A Gallio is generally a pleasant companion. 1884S. J. Reid Sydney Smith x. 240 Gallio-like, he cared for none of these things. 1909Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 4/3 Gallio-like bargain. 1920Q. Rev. Oct. 403 Japan seemed Gallionic all the time. 1926Glasgow Herald 20 Mar. 8 The Gallionic attitude of the soldiers along the various lines of the route. |