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medallic

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me⋅dal⋅lic

  [muh-dal-ik]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to medals.
Origin:
1695–1705; medal + -ic
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med·al   (měd'l)   
n.  

  1. A flat piece of metal stamped with a design or an inscription commemorating an event or a person, often given as an award.

  2. A piece of metal stamped with a religious device, used as an object of veneration or commemoration.

v.   med·aled also med·alled, med·al·ing also med·al·ling, med·als also med·als Informal

v.   intr.
To win a medal, as in a sports contest: "We were the first Americans to medal" (Jill Watson).
v.   tr.
To award a medal to.

[French médaille, from Old French, from Italian medaglia, coin worth half a denarius, medal, from Vulgar Latin *medālia, coins worth half a denarius, from Late Latin mediālia, little halves, from neuter pl. of mediālis, of the middle, medial; see medial.]
me·dal'lic (mə-dāl'ĭk) adj.
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