Salique

Salique

English

Etymology

From Middle French salique, from Latin Salicus, from Salii (“Salian Franks”) + -icus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈliːk/, /sæˈliːk/, /seɪlɪk/

Adjective

Salique (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Salic; Salian
   • Tennyson

     She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique.

   • William Shakespeare, Henry V, act I, scene ii

     Why the law Salique that they have in France
     Or should, or should not, bar us in our claim.