Anglo-Gallic

[ang-gloh-gal-ik]

adjective

Numismatics.

1. noting or pertaining to the coins or series of coins issued by the English kings from Henry II to Henry VIII for their French domains.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Anglo-Gallic¹

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

Gemma, who is seen entirely through Martin’s eyes, is an Anglo-Gallic equivalent of Bo Derek in “10,” and Martin is the bumbling Dudley Moore character.

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It is almost incomprehensible on what ground English was selected, as French would have been as serviceable to the educated reader here, while the Anglo-Gallic patois must have proved a puzzle to all alike.

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But I must dwell rather longer on one of the tracts in this series—the Anglo-Gallic Dictionary or Phraseologia of Walter de Biblesworth.

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Anglo-Gallic dictionary, 35. —— vocabulary, 255.

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“Vous êtes digne de toute dame anglaise!”—which wasn’t an elegant way of putting it in the French tongue—-but Jeanne, with her odd smile of the lips, showed that she understood her meaning; she had served her apprenticeship in  the interpretation of Anglo-Gallic.

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