gallimaufry
[ gal-uh-maw-free ]
/ ˌgæl əˈmɔ fri /
noun, plural gal·li·mau·fries. Chiefly Literary.
a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
a ragout or hash.
Origin of gallimaufry
1545–55; < Middle French
galimafree kind of sauce or stew, probably a conflation of
galer to amuse oneself (see
gallant) and Picard dialect
mafrer to gorge oneself (< Middle Dutch
moffelen to eat, nosh)
Words nearby gallimaufry
gallice,
gallicism,
gallicize,
gallienus,
galligaskins,
gallimaufry,
gallinacean,
gallinaceous,
gallinas,
gallinas point,
galling
Example sentences from the Web for gallimaufry
All this jumble, this gallimaufry, I say, does not impair the spiritual worth of the play.
Introduction to Robert Browning |Hiram CorsonThey seemed to have been derived rather from a gallimaufry of familiar models.
Zuleika Dobson |Max BeerbohmAnother contemporary critic announces that “our English tongue was a gallimaufry or hodge-podge of all other speeches.”
Amenities of Literature |Isaac DisraeliTo net a Millsborough gallimaufry of decadents, criminals, and potential rebels had become in a few hours his absorbing desire.
Ambrotox and Limping Dick |Oliver Fleming
British Dictionary definitions for gallimaufry
gallimaufry
/ (ˌɡælɪˈmɔːfrɪ) /
noun plural -fries
a jumble; hotchpotch
Word Origin for gallimaufry
C16: from French
galimafrée ragout, hash, of unknown origin