Gallimaufry (noun)
gal-i-maw-free
A confused jumble or medley of things.
Mid 16th century from archaic French galimafrée ‘unappetizing dish’, perhaps from Old French galer ‘have fun’ + Picard mafrer ‘eat copious quantities’.
Example sentences
“As I smelled the honeysuckle, a gallimaufry of childhood memories washed over me.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
