Gallic
adjective/ˈɡælɪk/
/ˈɡælɪk/
- connected with or considered typical of France or its people
- Gallic charm
- He lifted his shoulders in a Gallic shrug.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGallic is used with these nouns:- shrug
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin Gallicus, from Gallus ‘a Gaul’.Want to learn more?
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