celtically

Celt·ic

[kel-tik, sel-]
noun
1.
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scots gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany. Abbreviation: Celt
adjective
2.
of the Celts or their languages.
Also, Keltic.


Origin:
1600–10; < Latin Celticus, equivalent to Celt(ae) the Celts (see Celt) + -icus -ic

Celt·i·cal·ly, adverb
non-Celt·ic, adjective
pre-Celt·ic, adjective
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Celtic or Keltic (ˈkɛltɪk, ˈsɛl-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, still spoken in parts of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany. Modern Celtic is divided into the Brythonic (southern) and Goidelic (northern) groups
 
adj
2.  of, relating to, or characteristic of the Celts or the Celtic languages
 
Keltic or Keltic
 
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'Celtically or Keltic
 
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Celtic or Keltic (ˈkɛltɪk, ˈsɛl-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, still spoken in parts of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany. Modern Celtic is divided into the Brythonic (southern) and Goidelic (northern) groups
 
adj
2.  of, relating to, or characteristic of the Celts or the Celtic languages
 
Keltic or Keltic
 
n
 
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'Celtically or Keltic
 
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'Celticist or Keltic
 
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'Celtist or Keltic
 
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Celtic
1656, of archaeology or history, from Fr. Celtique or L. Celticus "pertaining to the Celts (see Celt). Of languages, from 1707; of other qualities, 19c. Celtic twilight is from Yeats's name for his collection of adapted Irish folk tales (1893).
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