Meanings
noungallipot word (plural gallipot words)
plural gallipot words
- in pluralA difficult and obscure word, particularly when used gratuitously to give an appearance of being learned.
[…]and do they think in good earnest, that this last relic of the mummery of monkery, this playing off upon us of a few gallipot words, will make us believe that they are learned.
1836, Robert Huish, Memoirs of the late William Cobbett, Esq., volume II, London: John Saunders, page 72
Origin
From the use of such words on apothecaries' jars.
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gallipot word. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gallipot%20word
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