Garlick
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Archaic spelling of garlic. alt-of, archaic
"He may make a shift to sow lettuce, raise melons, and water a garden-plat; but otherwise, a very filthy fellow: how odiously he smells of his country garlick!"
- 2 A (type of) linen cloth historically exported from Germany. historical
"... Segathies, Callimancoes, Stuffs, Hats, Silk, Worsted, and Thread Stockings, Hollands, Cambricks, Lawns, Muslin, Dowlasses, Garlicks, Damask Table Linen, Diaper Ditto, several Sorts of Manchester Goods, English and Italian Mantuas, ..."
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"One there combs his bead, another wipes off sweat, another cleans his winter shoes or boots, another belches up garlick."
Etymology
A corruption of a placename, probably German Görlitz in Silesia (whence early spellings like garlits), or possibly Dutch Gulik (the Duchy of Jülich, suggested by early spellings like gulix).
* As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Gorelik. * As an English surname, from the noun garlic. * As a German surname, Americanized from Gerlach and Garlich.
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