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noun
A hash of various kinds of meats; a ragout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any absurd medley; an elaborate mishmash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Synonyms: hodgepodge, olio, potpourri, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, galimatias, gallimaufry, grab bag, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpotch, hotchpot, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, motley, odds and ends, oddments, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork quilt, ragbag, salmagundi, slurry, smorgasbord, welter, Whitman's sampler
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a motley assortment of things
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
History
From French galimafrée, from Old French calimafree (“stew of various kinds of meats”); further etymology uncertain, but possibly from a combination of Old French galer (“to have fun, to enjoy oneself”) and Old Northern French (Picard) mafrer (“to eat gluttonously”).
Across languages
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