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galore.

In abundance.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɡəˈlɔː/Received-Pronunciation/ɡəˈloɹ/General-American/ɡəˈloː/Australia/ɡəˈlo(ː)ɹ/

  1. In abundance.

    not-comparable · postpositional
    After the shipwreck there was whisky galore to be had for the taking.
Where this word comes from

PIE word *ḱóm Borrowed from Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir (“till sufficient, enough, plenty”) (compare Manx dy liooar), from Irish go, Scottish Gaelic gu (“to; till, until”) + Irish leor, Scottish Gaelic leòr (“ample, sufficient”); go, gu are derived from Old Irish co, cu (“with”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”); while leor, leòr are from Old Irish leor, from lour (“enough, sufficient”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to gain; to seize; a benefit; a prize”).

adv/ɡəˈlɔː/Received-Pronunciation/ɡəˈloɹ/General-American/ɡəˈloː/Australia/ɡəˈlo(ː)ɹ/

  1. In abundance.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

PIE word *ḱóm Borrowed from Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir (“till sufficient, enough, plenty”) (compare Manx dy liooar), from Irish go, Scottish Gaelic gu (“to; till, until”) + Irish leor, Scottish Gaelic leòr (“ample, sufficient”); go, gu are derived from Old Irish co, cu (“with”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”); while leor, leòr are from Old Irish leor, from lour (“enough, sufficient”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to gain; to seize; a benefit; a prize”).

noun/ɡəˈlɔː/Received-Pronunciation/ɡəˈloɹ/General-American/ɡəˈloː/Australia/ɡəˈlo(ː)ɹ/

  1. An abundance; plenty.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

PIE word *ḱóm Borrowed from Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir (“till sufficient, enough, plenty”) (compare Manx dy liooar), from Irish go, Scottish Gaelic gu (“to; till, until”) + Irish leor, Scottish Gaelic leòr (“ample, sufficient”); go, gu are derived from Old Irish co, cu (“with”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”); while leor, leòr are from Old Irish leor, from lour (“enough, sufficient”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to gain; to seize; a benefit; a prize”).

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