GALLIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gallic mean? 

• GALLIC (adjective)
  The adjective GALLIC has 2 senses:

1. of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls

2. of or pertaining to France or the people of France

  Familiarity information: GALLIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALLIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Gallic Wars

Pertainym:

Gaul (an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands)

Derivation:

Gaul (a Celt of ancient Gaul)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to France or the people of France

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

French; Gallic

Context example:

a Gallic shrug

Pertainym:

France (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Derivation:

Gaul (a person of French descent)

 Context examples 

In addition to vitamins, minerals and phytosterols, black raspberries are rich in phenolic acids, such as gallic acid, ellagic acid, proanthocyanidins, and flavonoids.

(Lyophilized Black Raspberry Lozenge, NCI Thesaurus)

A (-)-epicatechin with a galloyloxy (trihydroxybenzoyloxy) group instead of the hydroxyl group at C-3; (-)-epicatechin esterified with gallic acid (trihydroxybenzoid acid) at C-3.

(Epicatechin-3-Gallate, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Although the active ingredients and exact components are unclear, gallic acid and its derivatives in DLBS-1425 appear to inhibit the phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) signaling pathway by reducing PI3K transcription followed by a reduction in AKT phosphorylation.

(Phaleria macrocarpa Extract DLBS-1425, NCI Thesaurus)

And, Miss Eyre, so much was I flattered by this preference of the Gallic sylph for her British gnome, that I installed her in an hotel; gave her a complete establishment of servants, a carriage, cashmeres, diamonds, dentelles, &c.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)