sansculottic (sanzkulotik)

[ Those sansculottic violent Gardes Françaises or Centre Grenadiers shall have their mittimus. Carlyle, French Rev., II. v. 1. sansculottide (sanz-kū-lot'id), n. [ sansculotte : see sansculotte .] One lotte of the five (in leap-years six) complementary days resulting from the division of the year by the French revolutionists of 1789 into twelve months of thirty days each. They were added at the end of the month Fructidor.