galore

[ guh-lawr, -lohr ]

/ gəˈlɔr, -ˈloʊr /

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adverb

in abundance; in plentiful amounts: food and drink galore.

Words nearby galore

gallygaskins, galofalo, galois theory, galoot, galop, galore, galosh, galoshes, gals., galsworthy, galt

Origin of galore

1660–70; < Irish go leor enough, plenty (Scots Gaelic gu leòr, leòir), equivalent to go, particle forming predicative adjectives and adverbs + leór enough (Old Irish lour)

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Examples from the Web for galore

France, the greatest country on earth, is singularly poor in the greatest characters—great ones she has galore.
Since Czanne|Clive Bell
What keenness of business-discussion mingled with what galore of whisky there is everywhere!
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places|Archibald Forbes
Wooden churns, troughs for cattle, and agricultural implements were there galore.
Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
They's a galore of timber, enough to make all the cities an' towns what'll ever need be made.
The Lost Wagon|James Arthur Kjelgaard

It appears fitfully at night, glittering like silver in the water with gold and silver and precious stones hanging to it galore.
Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II|W. P. Haskett Smith

British Dictionary definitions for galore

galore

/ (ɡəˈlɔː) /

determiner

(immediately postpositive) in great numbers or quantitythere were daffodils galore in the park

Word Origin for galore

C17: from Irish Gaelic go leór to sufficiency

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galore

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