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Meaning of galimatias | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌɡæləˈmeɪʃi.əs/

Definitions

  1. nonsense, gobbledygook
    uncountable
  2. confused mixture; hodgepodge
    uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština galimatyáš
Deutsch Gallimathias
Español galimatías
Français galimatias
Nederlands nonsens onzin wartaal
Polski gmatwanina
Português galimatias
Русский галиматья
Svenska gallimatias

Examples

“[…] and the old lady listened in silence, solemnly, rather coldly, as if she thought such talk a good deal of a galimatias: she belonged to the old-fashioned school and held that a young lady was sufficiently catalogued when it was said that she had a dazzling complexion or the finest eyes in the world.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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