medallic, a.
(mɛˈdælɪk)
[f. medal n. + -ic.]
1. Pertaining or relating to, characteristic of, or of the nature of a medal; represented on a medal.
| 1702 Addison Dial. Medals i. (1766) 13, I am afraid you will never be able, with all your Medallic eloquence, to [etc.]. 1768 A. Catcott Treat. Deluge 407 Neither do the fossil reliquiæ of plants and animals..yield in elegancy and exactness to medalic insignatures. 1778 Pennant Tour Wales (1883) I. 17 In the library is a..numerous collection of books..which comprehend the medallic history. 1876 Humphreys Coin-coll. Man. xxvi. 396 We have modern examples of medallic caricatures. 1885 Athenæum 1 Aug. 149/3 Recent productions of medallic art. |
2. Resembling a medal.
| 1806 Harwood Lichfield 367 Small medallic tokens..have been stamped. 1875 Jevons Money vii. 63 Such medallic coins would become the most durable memorials. |