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Welsh

UK/wɛlʃ/ US/ˈwɛlʃ/ fairly common
adjective (1) noun (3) verb (1)

adjective

1.

of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language

  • “the Welsh coast”
  • “Welsh syntax”
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noun

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Welsh breed of dual-purpose cattle

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verb

1.

cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt

Origin

From Middle English Walsch, Welische, from Anglian Old English wǣlisċ (“Briton; Roman; Celt”), from Proto-West Germanic *walhisk, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman”) (thus cognate with German welsch, Dutch Waals, Danish vælsk, Old Norse valskr), from *walhaz (“Celt, Roman”) (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts). This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic Влахъ (Vlaxŭ, “Vlachs, Romanians”), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Blákhos)). Doublet of Vellish. Compare Walloon, walnut, Vlach, Walach, Gaul, Cornwall.

Phrases

  • jew down

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