gallimaufry
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gallimaufry
- /ɡa.lɪˈmɔː.fɹi/ UK
Where it comes from
From French galimafrée, from Old French calimafree (“stew of various kinds of meats”); further etymology uncertain, but possibly from a combination of Old French galer (“to have fun, to enjoy oneself”) and Old Northern French (Picard) mafrer (“to eat gluttonously”).
noun gallimaufries · gallimaufray · gallimaufrey
- A hash of various kinds of meats; a ragout. At length, having discussed in turn pilaus, keebaubs, ollas, and a legion of gallimaufrys not mentioned in the classic pages of Kitchener and Ude, the cook's brain became completely addled by the elaborate and conflicting directions bestowed upon him; […]
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Any absurd medley; an elaborate mishmash.
[O]ur mother tongue, which truly of it ſelfe is both ful enough for proſe, and ſtately enough for verſe, hath long time beene counted moſt bare and barren of both. Which default, when as ſome endeuoured to ſalue and recure, they patched vp the holes with peeces and ragges of other languages; borrowi
Similar: hodgepodge, olio, potpourri, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery
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noun Hash of various kinds of meats
| Français | galimafrée |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Gemisch, Mischmasch |
| Italiano | zibaldone |
noun Any absurd medley
| Español | galimatías |
|---|---|
| Français | galimafrée |
| Deutsch | Sammelsurium |
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title = {gallimaufry},
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