furor poeticus (L.), poetic frenzy.

furor scribendi (L.), a rage for writing.

gage d'amour (Fr.), pledge of love, love-token.

gaieté de cœur (Fr.), gaiety of heart.

gaillard, fem. gaillarde (Fr.), lively, frolicsome.

galant, fem. galante (Fr.), given to illicit intrigue: one of the parties in an amour;—galant homme, a man of honour.

galapago (Sp.), a tortoise.

galimafrée (Fr.), hotch-potch, hash.—Anglicised as Gallimaufry (q.v. in Dict.).

garde à cheval (Fr.), mounted guard.

garde champêtre (Fr.), rural guard, field-keeper.