galoreadv.n.

Brit.

/ɡəˈlɔː/, U.S.

/ɡəˈlɔr/, Irish English

/ɡəˈlɒːr/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s gil(l)ore, gallo(u)re, 1800s Scottish gelore, dialect golore, galoor.

Etymology: < Irish go leór (= Gaelic gu leòr, leòir) to sufficiency, sufficiently, enough, < go, gu to + leór sufficiency, sufficient. Now commonly viewed as Irish; in some earlier examples the proximate source seems to have been Scottish Gaelic.

A. adv.

In abundance or plenty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb]

enoughOE

roomOE

largely?c1225

rifec1225

foison13..

rivedlyc1300

plenteously1340

plentily1340

fulsomelya1375

abundantlya1382

plenteousc1390

aboundinglyc1400

plentifullyc1400

copiously1447

abundanta1450

amply1454

substantiously1507

fatly?1521

largea1522

plentiful1563

heartily?1577

locupletely1599

redundantly1615

mainly1618

showeringly1621

rifely1648

profusively1650

galore1675

prolifically1735

wholesale1762

copious1791

aplenty1830

plenty1842

swimming1887

1675 H. Teonge Diary (1825) 25 Provinder good store, beife..chickens, henns, gallore.

1711 E. Ward Life Don Quixote iv. xv. 292 Having stufft..His Guts with Food and Wine Galloure.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 47 This day she fuish of best of cheer gilore.

1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 10 Apr. (1939) 152 Sent off proofs and copy galore before breakfast.

1855 Reade Clouds & Sunsh. 8 They were set in a corner with beef and ale galore.

B. n.

Abundance or plenty (of something); also in galore.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > an abundance

plentya1250

foison13..

abundance1340

copyc1375

fultha1400

plentya1425

murth?a1450

store1471

sonsea1500

banquet?1507

fouth1535

choice1584

horn of plenty (also abundancec1595

wealth1596

cornucopia1611

rifea1614

copia1713

bumper1759

beaucoup1760

lashings1829

plethora1835

any amount (of)1848

in galore1848

opulence1878

binder1881

lushing1890

1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West i. ii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 719/2 Galore of alcohol to ratify the trade.

1863 Tyneside Songs 93 Aw dreamt aw..fand greet big lumps in galore.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	galore
释义	galoreadv.n. Brit. /ɡəˈlɔː/, U.S. /ɡəˈlɔr/, Irish English /ɡəˈlɒːr/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s gil(l)ore, gallo(u)re, 1800s Scottish gelore, dialect golore, galoor. Etymology: < Irish go leór (= Gaelic gu leòr, leòir) to sufficiency, sufficiently, enough, < go, gu to + leór sufficiency, sufficient. Now commonly viewed as Irish; in some earlier examples the proximate source seems to have been Scottish Gaelic. A. adv. In abundance or plenty. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] enoughOE roomOE largely?c1225 rifec1225 foison13.. rivedlyc1300 plenteously1340 plentily1340 fulsomelya1375 abundantlya1382 plenteousc1390 aboundinglyc1400 plentifullyc1400 copiously1447 abundanta1450 amply1454 substantiously1507 fatly?1521 largea1522 plentiful1563 heartily?1577 locupletely1599 redundantly1615 mainly1618 showeringly1621 rifely1648 profusively1650 galore1675 prolifically1735 wholesale1762 copious1791 aplenty1830 plenty1842 swimming1887 1675 H. Teonge Diary (1825) 25 Provinder good store, beife..chickens, henns, gallore. 1711 E. Ward Life Don Quixote iv. xv. 292 Having stufft..His Guts with Food and Wine Galloure. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 47 This day she fuish of best of cheer gilore. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 10 Apr. (1939) 152 Sent off proofs and copy galore before breakfast. 1855 Reade Clouds & Sunsh. 8 They were set in a corner with beef and ale galore. B. n. Abundance or plenty (of something); also in galore. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > an abundance plentya1250 foison13.. abundance1340 copyc1375 fultha1400 plentya1425 murth?a1450 store1471 sonsea1500 banquet?1507 fouth1535 choice1584 horn of plenty (also abundancec1595 wealth1596 cornucopia1611 rifea1614 copia1713 bumper1759 beaucoup1760 lashings1829 plethora1835 any amount (of)1848 in galore1848 opulence1878 binder1881 lushing1890 1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West i. ii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 719/2 Galore of alcohol to ratify the trade. 1863 Tyneside Songs 93 Aw dreamt aw..fand greet big lumps in galore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.n.1675
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