Belgic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Belgicus, from Belgae (“the Belgians”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Belgic (comparative more Belgic, superlative most Belgic)
- Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a Germanic tribe.
- 1764 December 19 (indicated as 1765), Oliver Goldsmith, The Traveller, or A Prospect of Society. A Poem. […], London: […] J[ohn] Newbery, […], →OCLC:
- How unlike their Belgic sires of old.
- (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.
References[edit]
- “Belgic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.