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catalyst2gallimaufry:
–noun, plural -fries. Chiefly Literary .
1. a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
2. a ragout or hash.
Origin:
1545–55; < MF galimafree kind of sauce or stew, prob. a conflation of galer to amuse oneself ( see gallant) and Picard dial. mafrer to gorge oneself (< MD moffelen to eat, nosh)
–noun, plural -fries. Chiefly Literary .
1. a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
2. a ragout or hash.
Origin:
1545–55; < MF galimafree kind of sauce or stew, prob. a conflation of galer to amuse oneself ( see gallant) and Picard dial. mafrer to gorge oneself (< MD moffelen to eat, nosh)
