gallimaufry.
A hash of various kinds of meats; a ragout.
Meaning & usage
A hash of various kinds of meats; a ragout.
Any absurd medley; an elaborate mishmash.
Where this word comes from
From French galimafrée, from Old French calimafree (“stew of various kinds of meats”); further etymology uncertain, but possibly from a combination of Old French galer (“to have fun, to enjoy oneself”) and Old Northern French (Picard) mafrer (“to eat gluttonously”).
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