Synonyms for gallimaufry

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gal-uh-maw-free

Phonetic Transcription : ˌgæl əˈmɔ fri

Top 10 synonyms for gallimaufry

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Définition of gallimaufry

Origin : "a medley," 1550s, from French galimafrée "hash, ragout," from Old French calimafree "sauce made of mustard, ginger, and vinegar; a stew of carp" (14c.), origin unknown, perhaps from Old French galer "to make merry, live well" (see gallant) + Old North French mafrer "to eat much," from Middle Dutch maffelen [Klein]. Weekley sees in the second element the proper name Maufré.

noun assortment

Example sentences :

All this jumble, this gallimaufry, I say, does not impair the spiritual worth of the play.
Extract from : « Introduction to Robert Browning » by Hiram Corson

They seemed to have been derived rather from a gallimaufry of familiar models.
Extract from : « Zuleika Dobson » by Max Beerbohm

Another contemporary critic announces that “our English tongue was a gallimaufry or hodge-podge of all other speeches.”
Extract from : « Amenities of Literature » by Isaac Disraeli

To net a Millsborough gallimaufry of decadents, criminals, and potential rebels had become in a few hours his absorbing desire.
Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming

Antonyms for gallimaufry

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