Learn English – Connotations of the word “galore”

connotation

I would like to know what connotations the word "galore" carries for native English speakers. I really like the word and it's meaning and have seen it being used in some modern contexts. However, I'm afraid I might sound archaic or something, if I use it.

Best Answer

Galore means:-

  1. (immediately postpositive) in great numbers or quantity: there were daffodils galore in the park. [Collins Dictionary via the Free Dictionary.

It carries with it the idea that the plenty is a good or desirable thing; you could have whiskey galore or fireworks galore but it would sound very strange to complain about litter galore or dog turds galore in a park or playing field. It isn't archaic.