| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| gallimaufry |
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| SYLLABICATION: | gal·li·mau·fry |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g l  -mô fr |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. gal·li·mau·fries
A jumble; a hodgepodge. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French galimafrée, from Old French galimafree, sauce, ragout : probably galer, to make merry; see gallant + mafrer, to gorge oneself (from Middle Dutch moffelen, to open one's mouth wide, of imitative origin).
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