gallimaufry

(gal′i môfrē)

noun pl. gallimaufries

  1. Archaic a hash made of meat scraps
  2. a hodgepodge; jumble

Origin: Fr galimafrée, prob. < OFr galer (see gallant) + dial. (Picardy) mafrer, to eat much < MDu maffelen

See gallimaufry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. gal·li·mau·fries
A jumble; a hodgepodge.

Origin:

Origin: French galimafrée

Origin: , from Old French galimafree, sauce, ragout

Origin: : probably galer, to make merry; see gallant

Origin: + mafrer, to gorge oneself (from Middle Dutch moffelen, to open one's mouth wide, of imitative origin)

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