Galore
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 An abundance; plenty. archaic
"The usual routine of confections and pastry follows, after which a galore of fruits of all kinds, with a chassè of excellent Mocha, the immediate servitude of which, after good dining, is, I think, universally acknowledged to be a great exhiliration.^([sic – meaning exhilaration])"
- 1 In abundance. not-comparable, postpositional
"After the shipwreck there was whisky galore to be had for the taking."
- 1 existing in abundance wordnet
- 2 in great numbers wordnet
- 1 A locality in the Narrandera council area and the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
Example
More examples"There are languages galore at Tatoeba."
Etymology
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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