gallimaufry
Syllables: gal·li·mau·fry/ɡa.lɪˈmɔː.fɹi/
gallimaufry noun: a hash of various kinds of meats; a ragout.
Noun
gallimaufry (countable and uncountable, plural gallimaufries)
- 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; […]1840, A[ndrew] A[llen] Harwood, “Mess-table Chat”, in William E[vans] Burton, editor, The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor; Containing Choice and Characteristic Selections from the Writings of the Most...
- I have tried many times, but always without success, to ascertain the average daily ration consumed by the Chinese railroad laborer, as a means of comparing their value with that of Americans. The reason this cannot be obtained is because they eat so many oily gallimaufries, alliaceous stews and...1873 July, “Geographical Notes”, in American Educational Monthly: A Magazine of Popular Instruction & Literature, volume X, New York, N.Y.: J. W. Sehermehorn & Co., →OCLC, page 312
- 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...1579, Edmund Spenser, “[The Epistle]”, in The Shepheardes Calender: Conteyning Tvvelue Æglogues Proportionable to the Twelue Monethes. Entitled to the Noble and Vertuous Gentleman Most Worthy of All...
- Reader, Gentle or ungentle, I write to all, knowing that all have now got almoſt an equall ſhare and intereſt in this Gallimaufry or Hotchpot which our Grandee Pſeudo-Politicians with their negative and demoliſhing Councils have made, both of Church and Commonwealth: […]1648, [Clement Walker], “[The Epistle]”, in Relations and Observations, Historical and Politick, upon the Parliament Begun Anno Dom. 1640. Divided into II. Books: 1. The Mystery of the Two Junto’s...
- Synonyms:
- hodgepodge, olio, potpourri, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad
gallimaufry meaning in Urdu
gallimaufry in Urdu
- افراتفری, گڈمڈ, گڑبڑ, خلط ملط
Examples of gallimaufry in a sentence
- They seemed to have been derived rather from a gallimaufry of familiar models.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson:
- [William] Shakespeare's early comedies are a gallimaufry of experiments, but each plays its part in the gradual conquest of the medium, the increasing mastery of its complex expressive capacities.1980, Ruth Nevo, “Shakespeare’s New Comedy”, in Comic Transformations in Shakespeare, London; New York, N.Y.: Methuen & Co., →ISBN, page 1:
- A gallimaufry of minimal action and maximal thought, this is a creditable stab at writing the Great American novel.2008 February 27, Carlo Wolff, “Striking novel sends some quirky characters down a rocky road”, in The Boston Globe, archived from the...
- […] what students are taught instead is a gallimaufry of "texts".2014, William Logan, “A Critic's Notebook”, in Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasure: The Dirty Art of Poetry, New York, N.Y.: Columbia...
Synonyms of gallimaufry
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- anthology
- gallery
- gatherum
- congeries
- crazyquilt
- disjecta membra
- farrago
- galimatias
- grab bag
- horse and rabbit stew
- hotchpotch
- hotchpot
- job lot
- jumble
- macedoine
- medley
- melange
- mingle-mangle
- miscellanea
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- mixture
- motley
- odds and ends
- oddments
- olla podrida
- omnium-gatherum
- pastiche
- patchwork quilt
Forms of gallimaufry
| plural | gallimaufries |
|---|---|
| alternative form (rare) | gallimaufray |
| alternative form (dated) | gallimaufrey |
Origin of gallimaufry
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”).
Questions about gallimaufry
- What does gallimaufry mean?
- Gallimaufry means a hash of various kinds of meats; a ragout.
- What is gallimaufry in Urdu?
- Gallimaufry in Urdu is افراتفری, گڈمڈ, گڑبڑ. See Gallimaufry meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use gallimaufry in a sentence?
- They seemed to have been derived rather from a gallimaufry of familiar models.
- What part of speech is gallimaufry?
- Gallimaufry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gallimaufry?
- Gallimaufry is pronounced /ɡa.lɪˈmɔː.fɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gallimaufry?
- The plural of gallimaufry is gallimaufries.
Words near gallimaufry in the dictionary
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