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The meaning of GALLIMAUFRY is hodgepodge. How to use gallimaufry in a sentence. Did you know?
Gallimaufry definition: a hodgepodge; confused medley; jumble. . See examples of GALLIMAUFRY used in a sentence.
gallimaufry (countable and uncountable, plural gallimaufries) (dated, countable, uncountable) A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout.
Any mishmash of stuff can be called a gallimaufry. You might have a gallimaufry of socks in your drawer, all different colors and sizes and patterns, or a gallimaufry of guests at your birthday party.
gallimaufry in American English. gallimaufry. (ˌgælɪˈmɔfri ) noun Word forms: plural ˌgalliˈmaufries. 1. Archaic. a hash made of meat scraps. 2. a hodgepodge; jumble.
gal·li·mau·fry. (găl′ə-mô′frē) n. pl. gal·li·mau·fries. A jumble; a hodgepodge. [French galimafrée, from Old French galimafree, sauce, ragout : probably galer, to make merry; see gallant + mafrer, to gorge oneself (from Middle Dutch moffelen, to open one's mouth wide, of imitative origin).]
From French galimafrée (“stew of various kinds of meats”), from Old French calimafree, probably from a combination of Old French galer (“to have fun, to enjoy oneself”) and Old Northern French (Picard) mafrer (“eat gluttonously”). From Wiktionary.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun gallimaufry. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Origin of gallimaufry 1 First recorded in 1545–55; from Middle French galimafree “kind of sauce or stew,” probably a conflation of galer “to amuse oneself” and Picard dialect mafrer “to gorge oneself” (from Middle Dutch moffelen “to eat, nosh”); see also gallant