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

Her dress, like her language, is a galimatias of several countries.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

I have seen this letter in which you tell me there is so much galimatias, and I assure you that I have not found any at all. 

From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Sheppard, Nathan

Mrs. Tramore stared, as if at a language she had never heard, a farrago, a galimatias.

From The Chaperon by James, Henry

Our geography was galimatias, and book-keeping a crime: the people must not think they were on a level with the learned, and the children must do this and that.

From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)

As a matter of fact, idle talk and galimatias of the sort are in no wise literature.

From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen