galimatias

[ gal-uh-mey-shee-uhs, -mat-ee-uhs ]

noun

1. confused or unintelligible talk.

galimatias

/ ˌɡælɪˈmeɪʃɪəs; -ˈmætɪəs /

noun

1. rare.
   confused talk; gibberish

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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of galimatias¹

C17: from French, of unknown origin

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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