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galimatias
[ gal-uh-mey-shee-uhs, -mat-ee-uhs ]
noun
- confused or unintelligible talk.
galimatias
/ ˌɡælɪˈmeɪʃɪəs; -ˈmætɪəs /
noun
- rare.confused talk; gibberish
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Word History and Origins
Origin of galimatias1
First recorded in 1645–55; from French, word of obscure origin first attested in Montaigne ( jargon de galimathias )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of galimatias1
C17: from French, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
As a matter of fact, idle talk and galimatias of the sort are in no wise literature.
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Mrs. Tramore stared, as if at a language she had never heard, a farrago, a galimatias.
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Why should there not be a double irony for the clever, just as there is a galimatias double for the dull?
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Her dress, like her language, is a galimatias of several countries.
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He goes on with an eternal galimatias of patriotism, with such a self-sufficient air and decided tone!
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