malachy
/ˈmæləki/
malachy is the obsolete spelling of malarkey.
Meaning of malarkey
Noun
malarkey (plural (rare) malarkeys)
- Nonsense; rubbish.
- I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.
- Synonyms:
- absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloney, banana oil
Proper noun capitalized: Malachy
Malachy
- A male given name from Irish.
- I had my 11-year-old son with me, Malachy, and we had pizza in the Yes campaign offices.2026 June 23, Tom Watson, quotee, “‘Geldof started flicking Vs at Farage’: the story of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front-row seat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Forms of malachy
| alternative form | Malachi |
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Origin of malachy
From Irish Maolmhaodhóg and Maolseachnaill/Maolseachlainn, influenced by the etymologically unrelated name Malachi, which is of Hebrew origin.
Questions about malachy
- What does malachy mean?
- Malachy means a male given name from Irish.
- What is malachy the obsolete spelling of?
- Malachy is the obsolete spelling of malarkey.
- What part of speech is malachy?
- Malachy is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce malachy?
- Malachy is pronounced /ˈmæləki/.
Words near malachy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: malachy (page history and authors); Malachy (page history and authors); malarkey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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