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

There were turnovers galore, long scoring droughts and more struggles making shots from long range.

From Los Angeles Times

“You have got potholes galore that get patched up and then pop right back up again because of the heavy truck traffic.”

From Los Angeles Times

Among their collection is a special fire brick that was salvaged from the SS Politician, after it ran aground in the Outer Hebrides in 1941 carrying 264,000 bottles of malt whisky - inspiring the novel and film Whisky Galore!

From BBC

But "fixing the foundations" is fast becoming a very familiar mantra right across Labour, heard in soundbites, on social media, and in speeches galore - the government’s asking for patience from the public to sort out some deep-rooted problems in the country.

From BBC

Los Angeles has pizza galore, in any style you could ever want.

From Los Angeles Times