Bēl'gie, a.
a. [Lat. Belgicus, from Belgae, the Belgians, prob. so called from L. Ger. balge, a low and swampy region.]
Sense 1. Pertaining to the Belgae, who anciently possessed the country between the Rhine, the Seine, and the ocean.
How unlike their Belgic sires of old. Goldsmith.
Sense 2. Pertaining to Belgium, or its inhabitants, or their language.