galimatias

American  

[gal-uh-mey-shee-uhs, -mat-ee-uhs] / ˌgæl əˈmeɪ ʃi əs, -ˈmæt i əs /

noun

1. confused or unintelligible talk.

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galimatias British  

/ ˌɡælɪˈmeɪʃɪəs, -ˈmætɪəs /

noun

1. rare confused talk; gibberish

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Etymology

Origin of galimatias

First recorded in 1645–55; from French, word of obscure origin first attested in Montaigne ( jargon de galimathias )

Example Sentences

At times," said de Puysange, with dignity, "your galimatias are insufferable.

From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by Cabell, James Branch

Wilson, impatient in everything, had fluctuated between grandeur and galimatias, bathos and bad taste; De Quincey, at times supreme, had at others simply succumbed to "rigmarole."

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George

"I fail to see," a dignified young lady stated, "what Cazaio, at least, has to do with your galimatias."

From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by Cabell, James Branch

Why should there not be a double irony for the clever, just as there is a galimatias double for the dull?

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin

We must, of course, acknowledge that as it is there are longueurs, intrusion of Saint Simonian jargon, passages of galimatias, and of preaching.

From The Country Doctor by Marriage, Ellen