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galimatias|gælɪˈmætɪəs, gælɪˈmeɪʃ(ɪ)əs|
Also 7 galimatia, 8 gallimatia(s, galimathias.
[a. F. galimatias, a word of unknown origin, first found in the 16th century; cf. galimafrée gallimaufry, and see conjectures in Littré.]
Confused language, meaningless talk, nonsense.
1653Urquhart Rabelais i. ii, A Galimatia of extravagant conceits. 1712Addison Spect. No. 275 ⁋6 The great Cavity was filled with a kind of Spongy Substance, which the French Anatomists call Galimatias and the English, Nonsense. 1728Ld. Hervey Let. to Lady M. W. Montagu 28 Oct. in Lady M.'s Lett., If you do not dislike long letters, and an unstudied galimatias of tout ce qui se trouve au bout de la plume (comme dit Madame de Sévigné), let me know it. 1824H. C. Robinson Diary 10 June (1869) II. x. 274 Now it seemed to me that Mr. C― had no opinions, only words, for his assertions seemed a mere galimatias. 1860Farrar Orig. Lang. vi. 144 Simple thoughts overlaid with galimatias.
b. transf. A mixture, medley.
1762H. Walpole Lett. to Montagu clxv, Her dress, like her language, is a galimatias of several countries. |