What does gallimaufry mean?
Definitions for gallimaufry
ˌgæl əˈmɔ frigal·li·mauf·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherumnoun
a motley assortment of things
Wiktionary
gallimaufrynoun
A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout.
gallimaufrynoun
Any absurd medley.
Etymology: From galimafree, a stew.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Gallimaufrynoun
1.A hoch-poch, or hash of several sorts of broken meat; a medley. Thomas Hanmer
Etymology: galimafreé, French.
They have made of our English tongue a gallimaufry, or hodge-podge of all other speeches. Edmund Spenser.
They have a dance, which the wenches say is a gallimaufry of gambols, because they are not in’t. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.
The painter who, under pretence of diverting the eyes, would fill his picture with such varieties as alter the truth of history, would make a ridiculous piece of painting, and a mere gallimaufry of his work. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.
Sir John affects thy wife.
—— Why, sir, my wife is not young.
—— He wooes both high and low, both rich and poor;
He loves thy gallimaufry, friend. William Shakespeare.
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gallimaufry
A gallimaufry is a miscellaneous collection or jumble of things, such as ideas, items or words. The term is often used to describe a haphazard or disorganized mixture of different elements.
Webster Dictionary
Gallimaufrynoun
a hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout
Gallimaufrynoun
any absurd medley; a hotchpotch
Etymology: [F. galimafre a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different meats.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Gallimaufry
gal-i-maw′fri, n. (Shak.) any inconsistent or absurd medley: a medley of persons. [O. Fr. galimafrée, a ragout, hash.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gallimaufry in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gallimaufry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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