galimatiasn.

/ɡalɪˈmatɪəs/

/ɡalɪˈmeɪʃ(ɪ)əs/

Forms: Also 1600s galimatia, 1700s gallimatia(s, galimathias.

Etymology: < French galimatias, a word of unknown origin, first found in the 16th century; compare galimafrée gallimaufry n., and see conjectures in Littré.

a. Confused language, meaningless talk, nonsense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun]

jargon1340

gibberishc1557

fustiana1593

hibber-gibber1593

rabble?1593

gabbling1599

rantum-scantum1599

ribble-rabble1601

gabble1602

High Dutch1602

Greek1603

baragouin1614

galimatias1653

riddle-me-ree1678

clink-clank1679

Hebrew1705

alieniloquy1727

jabber1735

mumbo-jumbo1738

gibbering1786

rigmarole1809

gibber1832

rigmarolery1833

Babelism1834

jargoning1837

barrikin1851

abracadabra1867

double Dutch1876

jabberwock1902

jabberwocky1908

jibber-jabber1922

mumbo-jumbery1923

mumbo1931

double-talk1938

garbology1944

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. ii. 13 A Galimatia of extravagant conceits.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 275. ¶6 This great Cavity was filled with a kind of Spongy Substance, which the French Anatomists call Galimatias, and the English, Nonsense.

1728 Ld. Hervey Let. 28 Oct. in Lett. Lady M. W. Montagu If you do not dislike long letters, and an unstudied galimatias of tout ce qui se trouve au bout de la plume (comme dit Madame de Sévigné), let me know it.

1824 H. C. Robinson Diary 10 June (1869) II. x. 274 Now it seemed to me that Mr. C—— had no opinions, only words, for his assertions seemed a mere galimatias.

1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. vi. 144 Simple thoughts overlaid with galimatias.

b. transferred. A mixture, medley.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture

mingingOE

mungc1175

meddlingc1384

mellaya1400

mixture?a1425

commixtion?a1439

medley1440

brothc1515

mingly1545

mingle1548

maslin1574

miscellane1582

commixture1590

flaumpaump1593

salad1603

miscellany1609

common1619

cento1625

misturea1626

mixtil1654

concrete1656

contemperation1664

ragout1672

crasis1677

alloy1707

mixtible1750

galimatias1762

misc.1851

syllabub1859

mixtry1862

cocktail1868

blend1883

admix1908

mix-up1918

mix1959

meld1973

katogo1994

1762 H. Walpole Let. 2 Feb. in Corr. (1941) X. 5 Her dress, like her languages, is a galimatias of several countries.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	galimatias
释义	galimatiasn. /ɡalɪˈmatɪəs//ɡalɪˈmeɪʃ(ɪ)əs/ Forms: Also 1600s galimatia, 1700s gallimatia(s, galimathias. Etymology: < French galimatias, a word of unknown origin, first found in the 16th century; compare galimafrée gallimaufry n., and see conjectures in Littré. a. Confused language, meaningless talk, nonsense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] jargon1340 gibberishc1557 fustiana1593 hibber-gibber1593 rabble?1593 gabbling1599 rantum-scantum1599 ribble-rabble1601 gabble1602 High Dutch1602 Greek1603 baragouin1614 galimatias1653 riddle-me-ree1678 clink-clank1679 Hebrew1705 alieniloquy1727 jabber1735 mumbo-jumbo1738 gibbering1786 rigmarole1809 gibber1832 rigmarolery1833 Babelism1834 jargoning1837 barrikin1851 abracadabra1867 double Dutch1876 jabberwock1902 jabberwocky1908 jibber-jabber1922 mumbo-jumbery1923 mumbo1931 double-talk1938 garbology1944 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. ii. 13 A Galimatia of extravagant conceits. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 275. ¶6 This great Cavity was filled with a kind of Spongy Substance, which the French Anatomists call Galimatias, and the English, Nonsense. 1728 Ld. Hervey Let. 28 Oct. in Lett. Lady M. W. Montagu If you do not dislike long letters, and an unstudied galimatias of tout ce qui se trouve au bout de la plume (comme dit Madame de Sévigné), let me know it. 1824 H. C. Robinson Diary 10 June (1869) II. x. 274 Now it seemed to me that Mr. C—— had no opinions, only words, for his assertions seemed a mere galimatias. 1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. vi. 144 Simple thoughts overlaid with galimatias. b. transferred. A mixture, medley. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > a mixture mingingOE mungc1175 meddlingc1384 mellaya1400 mixture?a1425 commixtion?a1439 medley1440 brothc1515 mingly1545 mingle1548 maslin1574 miscellane1582 commixture1590 flaumpaump1593 salad1603 miscellany1609 common1619 cento1625 misturea1626 mixtil1654 concrete1656 contemperation1664 ragout1672 crasis1677 alloy1707 mixtible1750 galimatias1762 misc.1851 syllabub1859 mixtry1862 cocktail1868 blend1883 admix1908 mix-up1918 mix1959 meld1973 katogo1994 1762 H. Walpole Let. 2 Feb. in Corr. (1941) X. 5 Her dress, like her languages, is a galimatias of several countries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1653
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