Englishgalore
Definition
- : in large numbers or amounts : plentiful —used postpositively //bargains galore //The New York Transit Museum spans a full block underground, with vintage cars galore. — Margot Boyer-Dry
Examples
- //there was food galore at our Thanksgiving meal
- //with restaurants galore, the city is an epicure's delight
First Known Use
1628, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
borrowed from Irish go leor, from go, particle forming an adverbial phrase from an adjective (from go "to, till, until," going back to Old Irish co, going back to Celtic *kwo-; akin to Old Church Slavic kŭ "to") + leor "sufficient, enough," going back to Old Irish lour, loor, going back to Celtic *lowero- or *lawero- (whence Welsh llawer "much, many"), of uncertain origingalore
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms
- pouring forth in great amounts //there was food galore at our Thanksgiving mealRelated WordsNear Antonyms
- being more than enough without being excessive //with restaurants galore, the city is an epicure's delightSynonymsRelated WordsSynonymous PhrasesNear Antonyms