gallification

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/ˌɡɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

noun

The production of galls.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

gallification1

noungallification (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe production of galls.

Gallification2

nounGallification (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of making something French; adaptation to French norms or values.

    […] but the Emperor's visit has doubled the picturesque aspect of the place, and removed one great cause of complaint from those who sigh over the gradual disappearance of Oriental manners and the steady Gallification of Algeria.

    1866, George Augustus Sala, A Trip to Barbary by a Roundabout Route, page 183

Origin

Gallification · noun

From Gallic (“of or relating to France or the French”) + -ification.

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APA

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Chicago

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