Galactic
English
Proper noun
Galactic
- (science fiction, fantasy) Denoting the name of a universal language spoken throughout a galaxy in various works.
- 2001, Eric Flint, “Carthago Delenda Est”, in Foreign Legions, Riverdale, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 253:
- The sepoy spoke again. The meaning of the words finally penetrated. Oddly, Agayan was surprised more by the fact of those words than their actual content. He had not realized that Gha could speak Galactic beyond a few crude and simple phrases.
References
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “Galactic, n.2”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
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