galore

[ guh-lawr, -lohr ]

adverb

1. in abundance; in plentiful amounts:

   food and drink galore.

galore

/ ɡəˈlɔː /

determiner

1. immediately postpositive in great numbers or quantity

   there were daffodils galore in the park

Word History and Origins

Origin of galore¹

1660–70; < Irish go leor enough, plenty ( Scots Gaelic gu leòr, leòir ), equivalent to go, particle forming predicative adjectives and adverbs + leór enough ( Old Irish lour )

Word History and Origins

Origin of galore¹

C17: from Irish Gaelic go leór to sufficiency

Example Sentences

We’re looking back at some of the many high notes the year brought to the news cycle, which included celebrity pregnancy announcement galore and lots of new arrivals.

From Essence.com

The scope of the world is ambitious, with detail and content galore even in the briefest of interactions.

From Washington Post

The SEO industry holds opportunities galore to gain leadership skills, work with top companies, and earn a good salary.

From Search Engine Land

However, the number of protein replacement competitors continues to expand with startup companies galore looking to pitch meatless alternatives to the burger.

From TechCrunch

The seven-mile Chippewa Moraine segment, which threads around 20 kettle lakes with campsites galore, makes for a perfect long weekend.

From Outside Online

Just as goals galore have defined this World Cup in Brazil, so too have the men whose job it is to stifle and stop those goals.

From The Daily Beast

He showed a fictional version of himself sexually attacking a woman in a different episode and behold, think pieces galore.

From The Daily Beast

He bought the weapon at Guns Galore, a local Killeen gun shop where Hasan purchased one of the guns used in his 2009 attack.

From The Daily Beast

So there we have it—pregnant virgins galore on this happy winter solstice celebration.

From The Daily Beast

There are long pans, slo-mo shots of characters strutting down corridors, dazzling costumes, and hairdos galore.

From The Daily Beast

He wore the ring, as well he might, for his trade was a profitable one, and he had wives and cattle galore.

From Project Gutenberg

Yes, here were letters and telegrams galore, some readdressed from Newport, and others sent direct.

From Project Gutenberg

And Roberta is abroad with her family and is having adventures galore in London.

From Project Gutenberg

To that end she had wasted any number of cheap pads and pencils, and had littered her mother's tidy rooms with "sketches" galore.

From Project Gutenberg

There were shirtwaists and blouses galore, but it was too early for many wash-skirts to be going to the laundress.

From Project Gutenberg