galore
English
WOTD – 17 March 2022
Etymology
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*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”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɔɹ/
Audio (GA) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɡəˈloː/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɡəˈlo(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ɡəˈloə/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: ga‧lore
Adjective
galore (not comparable)
- (postpositive) In abundance. [from late 17th c.]
- Synonyms: aplenty; see also Thesaurus:abundant
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:rare
- After the shipwreck there was whisky galore to be had for the taking.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564:
- […] But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, "Thou deserveth all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore."
Translations
in abundance
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Noun
galore (plural galores)
- (archaic) An abundance; plenty.
- 1857, Journal of Australasia, volume 2, page 38:
- 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]
- 1868, John Donald Carrick, The Laird of Logan (page 91)
- I have got the Innishowen and galores of bread and cheese ready, and all the neighbours are to join us.
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Translations
abundance — see abundance, plenty
References
- Compare “galore, [adj.] and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021; “galore, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
galore (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- galero, gaoler, goaler
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Etymology
Borrowed from Irish go leor.
Adverb
galore
- plenty
- 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 10:
- An potteen galore in cans and noggens,
- And potteen plenty in cans and noggins,
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References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133