Word of the Day Archive
Wednesday August 25, 2010
galore \guh-LOHR\
, adjective:
In abundance; in plentiful amounts.
We're talking mountains and volcanoes galore covered by green energy. The entire system was represented and it looked glorious.
-- Mali Elfman, "Comic-Con 2010 Green Lantern Footage First Look," Screencrave.com, July, 2010.
Already there was a wind gusting up, and windsurfers galore were out sailing on the bay.
-- Darren G. Burton, Scarecrow
Galore comes from the Gaelic gu leóir, "enough."
Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for galore