TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
galántacht, f. (gs. ~a). 1. Gallantry, courtliness, refinement of manners. 2. Elegance; stylishness, gentility. ~ éadaigh, elegance in dress. An ghalántacht, high fashion, gentility; the fashionable world. An ghalántacht a chleachtadh, to practise gentility. 3. Affected gentility, swank. Ag imirt na ~a, affecting gentility; standing upon ceremony.