/gal'euh maw"free/ , n. , pl. gallimaufries . Chiefly Literary.
1. a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
2. a ragout or hash.
[ 1545-55; galimafree kind of sauce or stew, prob. a conflation of galer to amuse oneself (see GALLANT) and Picard dial. mafrer to gorge oneself ( moffelen to eat, nosh) ]