Salique

English

Etymology

From Middle French salique, from Latin Salicus, from Salii (“Salian Franks”) + -icus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈliːk/, /sæˈliːk/, /seɪlɪk/

Adjective

Salique (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Salic; Salian
   • 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part 2”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

     She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique.

   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     Why the law Salique that they have in France
     Or should, or should not, bar us in our claim.

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