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Bri⋅tan⋅nic

  [bri-tan-ik]
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–adjective
1. of Britain; British: Her Britannic Majesty.
2. Brythonic.
–noun
3. Brythonic.
Origin:
1635–45; < L Britannicus. See Britannia, -ic
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Bry⋅thon⋅ic

  [bri-thon-ik]
–adjective
1. of or belonging to P-Celtic.
–noun
2. P-Celtic, esp. that part either spoken in Britain, as Welsh and Cornish, or descended from the P-Celtic speech of Britain, as Breton.
Also, Britannic, Brittonic.

Origin:
1880–85; Brython + -ic
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Bri·tan·nic   (brĭ-tān'ĭk)   
adj.  British.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

Brythonic 
"of the Britons, Welsh," 1884, from Welsh Brython, cognate with L. Britto (see Briton). Introduced by Professor John Rhys to avoid the confusion of using Briton/British with ref. to ancient peoples, religions, and languages.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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