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galimatías — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • claptrap noun Talk or writing that sounds impressive but is actually empty or nonsensical.
  • galimatias noun Nonsense, gobbledygook.
  • gibberish noun Speech or writing that makes no sense or is impossible to understand.
  • jabber verb To talk quickly and unclearly, often about nothing important.
  • macaronic adj Jumbled, mixed.

Senses

galimatías is used for these senses in English:

  • claptrap Empty verbiage or nonsense. [from early 19th c.]
  • galimatias nonsense, gobbledygook
  • gallimaufry (figuratively) Any absurd medley, an elaborate mishmash
  • gibberish Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.
  • gibberish Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.
  • jabber Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish.
  • macaronic (literature) A work of macaronic character.

galimatias — full definition

  1. noun Nonsense, gobbledygook.
  2. noun A confused mixture; hodgepodge.

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