Gaelic

Definition of gaelic:

part of speech: noun

The northern or Gadhelic branch of the Celtic family of languages, embracing the Irish, the Highland- Scottish, and the Manx: ( more commonly) the Highland- Scottish dialect.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to the Gaels or Scottish Highlanders.

Usage examples for gaelic:

• Gaelic is the household language still, where the father and mother are old, or where the grand- parents live with the rising generation; but English is the language of business, of the newspapers, and of all the new books that find their way among the people. "Shenac's Work at Home", Margaret Murray Robertson.

• We understand enough of Gaelic to know it was not exactly blessing us she was. "What's Mine's Mine", George MacDonald.

• What we say, therefore, will be chiefly derived from the study of Irish customs, although other Gaelic tribes will also furnish us with data for our observations. "Irish Race in the Past and the Present", Aug. J. Thebaud.

• Within this burial mound classification may be included the " cairn," a Gaelic name meaning " the heap," and comprising a grave under a small pile of stones. "Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century", Henry Chandlee Forman.