Meanings
noungalliardise (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountablegaiety; merriment
the mirth and galliardise of company
1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC1 more example
Of so much galliardise and gentle gree
1884, Richard Francis Burton (translator), Luís de Camões (original), The Lyricks: Sonnets, Canzons, Odes and Sextines, Canzon XIX
Origin
- Frenchgaillardise
- Englishgalliardise
From French gaillardise. See galliard.
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galliardise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galliardise
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“galliardise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galliardise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “galliardise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galliardise.
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