Gallic

Examples

• All

• Through this maze of Gallic sound, he would guide the girl, winning her gratitude and maybe more.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I had had a number of Frenchmen in my care, and I doubted very much that the Gallic attitude toward women had changed appreciably in two hundred years.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Consequently, a traditional Gallic twist is given to the image of woman and the feminine.

  Academic text (1994)

• The expression of this opinion had been accompanied by a Gallic shrug: Who could say?

  Fiction book (1992)

• "And what's your own price, Monsieur?" He made an altogether Gallic gesture of self-abnegation.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The Gallic rooster is the symbol of virility and sexual prowess.

  Academic text (2005)

• The mayor's almost Gallic propensity for surrendering when the going got tough only fanned the flames of union activism.

  Academic text (2005)

• The great French biochemist, Jacques Monod, who wrote a famous book whose English translation is called Chance and Necessity, said, with all that Gallic rhetoric and intensity, "pure chance, absolutely free, but blind, lies at the basis of the stupendous edifice of evolution."

  Academic text (1991)

• There was a peremptory rap at the door, and with impeccable Gallic timing, the chambermaid pushed her way in backward, carelessly gouging the door with a billet of wood as she turned.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The artist infused a Gallic flair into her paintings, showcasing vibrant colors and bold designs.

Synonyms

F

French

vsGallic

∞ 1.0

Relating to France, its people, language, or culture

focuses on attitudes and cultural character rather than a general relation

Compounds

G

gallic acid

• Specialized

7.8

A colorless substance from plants used to make ink and medicines

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology