Meanings
adjectiveSalique (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleteSalic; Salian
She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique.
1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part 2”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC1 more example
Why the law Salique that they have in France Or should, or should not, bar us in our claim.
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]
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- LatinSalicus
- Middle Frenchsalique
- EnglishSalique
From Middle French salique, from Latin Salicus, from Salii (“Salian Franks”) + -icus.
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