Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galimatias

/ˌɡæləˈmeɪʃi.əs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gal-i-ma-tias
IPA: /ˌɡæləˈmeɪʃi.əs/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Nonsense, gobbledygook.

Uncountable

noun

A confused mixture; hodgepodge.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] and the old lady listened in silence, solemnly, rather coldly, as if she thought such talk a good deal of a galimatias: she belonged to the old-fashioned school and held that a young lady was sufficiently catalogued when it was said that she had a dazzling complexion or the finest eyes in the world."

Etymology

Borrowed from French galimatias, first attested in 1653 in Sir Thomas Urquhart's translation of Rabelais's works.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: galimatias

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

absurdity all my eye all my eye and Betty Martin apple grease applesauce bafflegab balderdash balls baloney banana oil Bandini baragouin

Questions

How do you pronounce galimatias?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡæləˈmeɪʃi.əs/.
What does galimatias mean?: Nonsense, gobbledygook.
Where does galimatias come from?: It is traced to French.

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