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gallimaufry [ˌgælɪˈmɔːfrɪ] n pl -fries a jumble; hotchpotch [from French galimafrée ragout, hash, of unknown origin] Gallimaufry Examples: gallimaufry of nuts, 1591; of prophecies, 1668. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations gallimaufry n no pl → Durcheinander nt, → Mischmasch m (inf) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Tolkien hated his friend's fictional gallimaufry, yet there is nothing ersatz about the emotions the Narnia books arouse. The prolific Niven here gathers a gallimaufry of his writings, both fiction and nonfiction. What follows is a combination: (1) useful treatments of Platonic and other sources including a nuanced assessment of the proportion and relation of Platonism to Christianity in Spenser; (2) a gallimaufry of sensitive explications of selected passages linked by Spenser's repetition of a word or phrase such as "night" and "day," explications some of which could stand alone as brief essays. |
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