gallimaufry /ɡa.lɪˈmɔː.fɹi/ noun2 •(figurative) Any absurd medley; an elaborate mishmash.[William] Shakespeare's early comedies are a gallimaufry of experiments, but each plays its part in the gradual conquest of the medium, the increasing mastery of its complex expressive capacities. — 1980 •(old-fashioned) A hash of various kinds of meats; a ragout. formsgallimaufries