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galimatias Definition

gali·ma·tias (gal′i mā′s̸hē əs, -mat′ē əs)

noun

meaningless talk; gibberish

Etymology: < ModL gallimathia < Fr, prob. < L gallus, lit., a cock, 16th-c. student slang for a candidate engaged in doctoral disputations + Gr -mathia, learning < mathēma: see mathematical

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