Belgic

English

Etymology

From Latin Belgicus, from Belgae (“the Belgians”).

Adjective

Belgic (comparative more Belgic, superlative most Belgic)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Belgae, a German tribe who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.
    • Goldsmith
      How unlike their Belgic sires of old.
  2. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Netherlands or to Belgium.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Belgic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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