galore, adv. and n.
(gəˈlɔə(r))
Also 7–8 gil(l)ore, gallo(u)re, 9 Sc. gelore, dial. golore, galoor.
[ad. Irish go leór (= Gaelic gu leòr, leòir) to sufficiency, sufficiently, enough, f. go, gu to + leór sufficiency, sufficient. Now commonly viewed as Irish; in some earlier examples the proximate source seems to have been Sc. Gaelic.]
A. adv. In abundance or plenty. B. n. Abundance or plenty (of something); also in galore.
| 1675 H. Teonge Diary (1825) 25 Provinder good store, beife..chickens, henns, gallore. 1711 E. Ward Quix. I. 292 Having stufft..His Guts with Food and Wine Galloure. 1768 Ross Fort. Sheph. i. 47 This day she fuish the best of cheer gilore. 1826 Scott Jrnl. 10 Apr., Sent off proofs and copy galore before breakfast. 1849 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West i. 21 Galore of alcohol to ratify the trade. 1855 Reade Clouds & Sunsh. 8 They were set in a corner with beef and ale galore. 1863 Tyneside Songs 93 Aw dreamt aw..fand greet big lumps in galore. |