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Gael·ic       [gey-lik] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, esp. those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scots Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic. Abbreviation: Gael
–adjective
2.of or in Gaelic.
3.of or pertaining to the Gaels or their language.

[Origin: 1590–1600; Gael + -ic (repr. ScotGael Gaidhlig, deriv. of Gaidheal Gael)]
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Gael·ic       (gā'lĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of or relating to the Gaels or their culture or languages.

n.  
  1. Goidelic.
  2. Any of the Goidelic languages.

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Gaelic 
1774, earlier Gathelik (1596), from Gael (Scottish Gaidheal), from O.Ir. Goidhel, the original form of the word. The native name in both Ireland and Scotland, Gael was first used in Eng. exclusively of Scottish Highlanders (1596).

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gaelic

adjective
1. relating to or characteristic of the Celts [syn: Celtic

noun
1. any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland 

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Gaelic
For automated test programs. Used in military, essentially replaced by ATLAS.

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Gaelic

Gael"ic\ (?; 277), a. [Gael. G[`a]idhealach, Gaelach, from G[`a]idheal, Gael, a Scotch Highlander.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language.

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Gaelic

Gael"ic\, n. [Gael. Gaelig, G[`a]ilig.] The language of the Gaels, esp. of the Highlanders of Scotland. It is a branch of the Celtic.

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