Welsh definition
Of or relating to Wales or its people, language, or culture.
adjective
Of Wales or its people, language, or culture.
adjective
Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. [from 16th c.]
adjective
The Celtic language of Wales.
noun
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The definition of Welsh is something related to Wales, a principality of Great Britain that is located west of central England.
If a food is characteristic of Wales, this is an example of a food that would be described as Welsh.
adjective
To welsh is defined as to go back on your word or fail to honor a promise.
When you promise to pay your son's college tuition if he gets into Harvard and then he gets in and you tell him you don't have the money after all, this is an example of a time when you welsh on your promise.
verb
To swindle a person by not paying a debt or wager.
Welsh on a bet.
verb
To fail to fulfill an obligation.
verb
The people of Wales.
noun
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To avoid fulfilling one's debt or obligation.
verb
The Celtic language spoken in Wales.
noun
(now historical) (Native) British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation. [from 5th c.]
adjective
the Welsh
- the people of Wales
idiom
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
the Welsh
Origin of welsh
- Middle English Walische from Old English Wælisc from Wealh foreigner, Welshman, Celt probably ultimately from a Celtic tribal name Latin Volcae a confederation of Celtic tribes of the late first millennium bc from a Celtic source perhaps akin to Welsh gwalch hawk
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Old English wÄ«lisc, wylisc, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“Celt; later Roman"), from *walhaz (“Celt") (compare Old English wealh), from the name of the Gaulish tribe, the Volcae (recorded only in Latin contexts). Historically the tribe's name has been linked to an animal, likely Gaulish *wolco- (“wolf"), as Caesar described the Celts having fought with huge dogs, in turn from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kÊ·os.
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- This word was borrowed from Germanic into Slavic (compare Old Church Slavonic влахъ (vlachÅ, “Vlachs, Romanians"), Byzantine Greek Βλάχος (Bláchos)).
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