gallic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: Gal=lic

CIDE DICTIONARY

gallic, a. [From Gallium.].

 Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.  [1913 Webster]

gallic, a. [From Gall the excrescence.].

 Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like.  [1913 Webster]

Gallic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink.

gallic, a. [L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr. Galli the Gauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique.].

 Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gallic, adj.
1 French or typically French.
2 of the Gauls; Gaulish.

Derivative

Gallicize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).

Etymology

L Gallicus f. Gallus a Gaul