galore

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]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈloɹ/

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• (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

galore (not comparable)

1. (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."

   • 2014, Broomshakalaka, spoken by Denny Boffa (Michael McCafferty):

     I am the destroyer of mountains, the killer of kings, I always fly by yet I don't have wings. I can end basketball games or marriages with similar ease, and though I flow like a stream only water can freeze. I've murdered parents and children and house plants galore, yet, despite all this, you always want more. Who am I?

galore (plural galores)

1. (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.

• galore (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• goaler, galero, gaoler, Lorega

Borrowed from Irish go leor.

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈloːr/

galore

1. plenty
   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 10:

     An potteen galore in cans and noggens,

     And potteen plenty in cans and noggins,

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133