'Gallimaufry' definitions:
Definition of 'gallimaufry'
(from WordNet)
noun
A motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum]
Definition of 'Gallimaufry'
From: GCIDE
- Gallimaufry \Gal`li*mau"fry\, n.; pl. Gallimaufries. [F. galimafr['e]e a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different meats.]
- 1. A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. [1913 Webster]
- Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. --King. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. [1913 Webster]
- The Mahometan religion, which, being a gallimaufry made up of many, partakes much of the Jewish. --South. [1913 Webster]