单词 | gallic |
释义 | Gallicadj.1n. A. adj.1 a. Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Gauls or Gaul; Gaulish. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > the Gauls > [adjective] Celtic?1530 Gaulish1594 Gallican1598 Gaul1601 Gaulic1610 Menapian1709 Gallic1796 Gallo-Roman1841 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 353 Venus had descended on this part of the Gallic shore. 1881 F. E. Warren Liturgy Celtic Church 59 Gallic sailors with their ship came to Iona. b. Often used as a rhetorical or (now chiefly) semi-humorous synonym for ‘French’; sometimes with allusion to characteristics which the French are supposed to have inherited from their Gaulish ancestors. †His Gallic Majesty: the king of France. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [adjective] FrenchOE Frenchly1530 Frank1552 Gaulish1656 Gallic1672 parleyvoo1778 Gallo-American1797 Gaulic1840 Gallo-German1861 froggy1937 1672 J. Crowne Hist. Charles VIII ii. 20 I' th' glories of the Gallique Coutt. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 481. ¶6 A little warm Fellow..fell most unmercifully upon his Gallic Majesty. 1756 S. Johnson Let. Mar. (1992) I. 129 It is too Gallick. 1778 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 331 My imagination sets you down upon the Gallic shore. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xi. 190 It is his habit to talk with a Gallic largeness and refer to the universe. 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. Prol. 16 We will match our Gallic wit against these English fools. c. ˌGallico-ˈAnglian n. an Englishman who favours the French. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > liking for or sympathy with other nations > [noun] > France > person Gallico-Anglian1804 Gallican1874 Francophile1888 Gallophil1889 1804 J. Larwood No Gun Boats 8 Is there a Gallico-Anglian who has the perverseness to say that [etc.]. B. n. A Frenchman. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France FrenchmanOE monsieur?a1513 Gaul1630 frog1657 Gallic1755 mounseer1755 parleyvoo1755 frog-eater1766 Galloman1787 mossoo1809 Frencher1826 Frenchy1829 parley1831 crapaud?c1834 wi-wi1841 froggy1853 1755 J. Adams Let. 12 Oct. in D. Webster Adams & Jefferson 17 If we can remove the turbulent Gallicks, our people..will in another century, become more numerous than England itself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gallicadj.2 Chemistry. gallic acid n. a crystalline acid prepared from the oak-gall and other vegetable products. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > general plant-derived medicines savineOE liquoricec1275 verjuice1302 sandragon1334 sugar roset1363 acaciaa1398 agnus castusa1398 sebestenc1400 socotrine aloesa1425 tapsimelc1425 valencec1425 aconitum?a1450 hypericum1471 cassia1543 guaiacum1553 guaiac1558 butcher's broom1578 solanum1578 liquorice-stick1580 symphonia1597 tabasheer1598 diascord1605 orange-bead1626 oxymel of squills1654 Japonic earth1673 terebinthina1693 terebinthinate1696 pareira brava1698 rhabarbarate1716 Japan earth1718 buglossate1725 squill1725 phytolacca1730 nettle juice1747 xanthoxyloïn1767 mustard whey1769 Jesuits' drops1783 digitalis1785 arnica1788 mel-rose1790 gallic acid1791 valerian1794 sacred elixir1797 drosera1801 Spanish juice1803 mudar1819 sabadilla1821 parillin1825 mudarin1829 salicin1830 sang1843 peppermint camphor1854 pareira1855 savanilla1856 euonymin1862 menthol1862 phytolaccin1864 alstonia1868 agoniadin1870 guimauve1870 gelsemium1875 iridin1879 hazeline1880 tub-camphor1880 echinacea1887 jacaranda1887 hamamelin1890 quillain1890 vieirin1893 thiolin1894 mentha camphor1902 hamamelis1910 phytohaemagglutinin1949 adaptogen1966 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. v. 74 To which the name of gallic acid has been given from galls. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 86 Red sulphate of iron..is precipitated black by the gallic acid. 1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) iv. 117 On..brushing with a solution of Gallic Acid, a manifest difference will be observed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1n.1672adj.21791 |
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