name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
garlick
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)lɪk
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homophone: garlic
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CMU ARPABET: G AA1 R L IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Obsolete spelling of garlic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
A (type of) linen cloth historically exported from Germany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Etymology
* As a Jewish surname, Americanized from Gorelik. * As an English surname, from the noun garlic. * As a German surname, Americanized from Gerlach and Garlich.
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).
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