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61Omnium-gatherum — Om ni*um gath er*um, n. [A macaronic compound of L. omnium, gen. pl. of omnis all, and E. gather.] A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley; a hodgepodge. [Colloq. & Humorous] Selden. Syn: hotchpotch, odds and …
62alphabet soup — noun Date: 1934 a hodgepodge especially of initials (as of the names of organizations) …
63collage — noun Etymology: French, literally, gluing, from coller to glue, from colle glue, from Vulgar Latin *colla, from Greek kolla Date: 1919 1. a. an artistic composition made of various materials (as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface b …
64crazy quilt — noun Date: 1886 1. a patchwork quilt without a design 2. jumble, hodgepodge < a crazy quilt of regulations > …
65farrago — noun (plural goes) Etymology: Latin farragin , farrago mixed fodder, mixture, from far spelt more at barley Date: 1632 a confused mixture ; hodgepodge …
66gallimaufry — noun (plural fries) Etymology: Middle French galimafree stew Date: circa 1556 hodgepodge < a gallimaufry of opinions > …
67hotchpotch — noun Etymology: Middle English hochepot, from Anglo French, from hocher to shake + pot pot Date: 1583 1. a. a thick soup or stew of vegetables, potatoes, and usually meat b. hodgepodge 2. hotchpot …
68kitchen-sink — adjective Date: 1941 1. chiefly British portraying or emphasizing the squalid aspects of modern life < the kitchen sink realism of contemporary British drama Current Biography > 2. being or made up of a hodgepodge of disparate elements or… …
69mishmash — noun Etymology: Middle English & Yiddish; Middle English mysse masche, perhaps reduplication of mash mash; Yiddish mish mash, perhaps reduplication of mishn to mix Date: 15th century hodgepodge, jumble …
70olio — noun (plural olios) Etymology: modification of Spanish olla Date: circa 1643 1. olla podrida 1 2. a. a miscellaneous mixture ; hodgepodge b. a miscellaneous collection (as of literary or musical selections) …
