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gallus

/ ˈɡæə /

adjective

  1. bold; daring; reckless
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of gallus1

a variant of gallows used as an adjective, meaning fit for the gallows
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Example Sentences

He was gallus and unselfish and frequently unplayable.

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He swaggered out into this magnificent drum of noise with a gallus grin, licked his lips, made straight for Marchand's blocks, and gave them a shunt.

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Playing in their new Euros kit, a gallus Scotland looked the part for large spells of the contest.

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But, when asked if he can envisage a scenario where he catches the winning touchdown in a Super Bowl, it is clear Olatoke has taken that Scottish gallus streak stateside.

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The rooster — or “coq” in French — is a emotive national emblem for the French because of the word’s semantics — the Latin gallus meaning Gaul and gallus simultaneously meaning rooster.

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