Galore


[guh-lawr, -lohr] /gəˈlɔr, -ˈloʊr/

adverb
1.
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
food and drink galore.
/ɡəˈlɔː/
determiner
1.
(immediately postpositive) in great numbers or quantity: there were daffodils galore in the park
adj.

1670s, from Irish go leór, corresponding to Gaelic gu leóir “sufficiently, enough.” The particle go/gu usually means “to,” but it also is affixed to adjectives to form adverbs, as here.

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