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
    • Tennyson
      She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique.
    • William Shakespeare, Henry V, 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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