Salique
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French salique, from Latin Salicus, from Salii (“Salian Franks”) + -icus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
Salique (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Salic; Salian
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part 2”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
- She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Why the law Salique that they have in France
Or should, or should not, bar us in our claim.