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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gallomania

Gallomania \Gal`lo*ma"ni*a\, n. [L. Galli Gauls + mania madness.] An excessive admiration of what is French. -- Gal`lo*ma"ni*ac, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Gallomania

1870, from comb. form of Gaul + -mania. Jefferson used adjective Gallomane (1787).

Usage examples of "gallomania".

This ceremony is never omitted in families, though in the early part of the century, when the Gallomania was at its height, it is said to have been much neglected.