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gall ¹

(gôl) KEY

NOUN:

See bile.
1. Bitterness of feeling; rancor.
2. Something bitter to endure: the gall of defeat.
Outrageous insolence; effrontery.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English gealla, galla; see ghel- ² in Indo-European roots

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