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单词 galimatias
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galimatias

[ gal-uh-mey-shee-uhs, -mat-ee-uhs ]
/ ˌgæl əˈmeɪ ʃi əs, -ˈmæt i əs /

noun

confused or unintelligible talk.

Origin of galimatias

1645–55; <French, word of obscure origin first attested in Montaigne (jargon de galimathias)

Words nearby galimatias

Galilean telescope, Galilean transformation, galilee, Galileo, Galileo Galilei, galimatias, galingale, galinsoga, Galion, galiot, galipot
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Example sentences from the Web for galimatias

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

    Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth|George Brandes
  • Mrs. Tramore stared, as if at a language she had never heard, a farrago, a galimatias.

    The Real Thing and Other Tales|Henry James
  • Why should there not be a double irony for the clever, just as there is a galimatias double for the dull?

    The English Stage|Augustin Filon
  • Her dress, like her language, is a galimatias of several countries.

    The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2)|Anna Jameson

British Dictionary definitions for galimatias

galimatias
/ (ˌɡælɪˈmeɪʃɪəs, -ˈmætɪəs) /

noun

rare confused talk; gibberish

Word Origin for galimatias

C17: from French, of unknown origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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