earth-gall
/ˈəːθɡɔːl/Now historical
noun
Any of various bitter herbs of the family Gentianaceae; especially common centaury, Centaurium erythraeum.
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Bald's Leechbook. Cognate with of formed similarly to Dutch aardgal, Old Saxon erthgalla (Middle Low German ērtgalle), Old High German erdgalla (German †Erdgalle) from the Germanic base of earth + the Germanic base of gall, after classical Latin fel terrae, so called on account of its bitter taste.
- frondose
- frons
- front
- frontage
- frontager
- frontage road
- frontal
- frontal bone
- frontal lobe
- frontal lobotomy
- frontally
- front and center
- front bench
- frontbencher
- front bottom
- front bum
- front burner
- front court
- front cover
- Front de Libération Nationale
- front desk
- front door
- Frontenac, Louis de Buade
- front end
- front-end load