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Galore

Ga-lore′

,
Noun.
&
Adj.
[Scot.
gelore
,
gilore
,
galore
, fr.
Gael
.
gu leòr
, enough;
gu-
to, also an adverbial prefix +
leòr
,
leòir
, enough; or fr. Ir.
goleor
, the same word.]
Plenty; abundance; in abundance.

Definition 2024

galore

galore

English

Adjective

galore ‎(not comparable)

  1. (postpositive) In abundance.
    After the shipwreck there was whisky galore to be had for the taking.

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From Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir ‎(“enough, plenty”), cf. Manx dy lhiooar, from Old Irish co, cu ‎(“to, toward”), from Proto-Celtic *kom ‎(“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‎(“next to, at, with, along”) + Old Irish leor, dative of léir ‎(“visible, perceptible, clear, distinct, clever, explicit, evident (older assiduous, earnest, careful, zealous)”).

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