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gaelic
/ˈɡeɪlɪk/
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What does gaelic mean?
adjective
- Of or relating to the Gaels, the Celtic peoples of Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man, or their languages.
noun
- Ellipsis of Gaelic football.
proper noun
- Goidelic; any Goidelic language.
More meanings (4)
proper noun
- Irish Gaelic.
- Manx Gaelic.
- Scottish Gaelic.
- Classical Gaelic.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡeɪlɪk/
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The borderland of the brain, where all the monsters are made, moved horribly in the Gaelic O’Brien.
After a little more discourse about Ossian, the old gentleman asked me if there was any good modern Gaelic poetry.
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He understood Gaelic as well as English, but he did not comprehend his father's words.
The sermon and perhaps the prayers were quite as enjoyable in Gaelic as in English, and the singing was a great improvement.
He learned to dance a Highland reel, and began the study of Gaelic; but that speech proved too stubborn, craggy, and impregnable even for Jenkin.