Salic

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Salic

/seɪlɪk/
/sælɪk/

Rhymes with -eɪlɪk

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From Latin Salicus, from Salii (“Salians”) + -icus (“-ic: forming adjectives”), from Sala (“IJssel River”) + -īus (“-y: forming adjs”). Equivalent to Salii + -ic.

adjective

historical, not comparable Synonym of Salian, particularly in reference to the Salic law.
Similar: Salian, particularly in reference to the Salic law

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@misc{salic_2026,
  title = {Salic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/salic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}