Etymology

galumph

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Today it means: To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph. Full definition →

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The story

Back-formation from galumphing in Lewis Carroll's “Jabberwocky”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.