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▪ I. olio|ˈəʊlɪəʊ|
Forms: 7 olleo, 7–8 ollio, oleo, 7–9 oglio, 7– olio.
[a. Sp. olla, Pg. olha (both pronounced (ˈoʎa) pot, stew, hotchpotch = It. olla pot:—L. olla pot, jar; the final a being represented by the more sonorous o, as in armado, bastinado, and other words from Sp.: cf. olla1.]
1. A dish of Spanish and Portuguese origin, composed of pieces of meat and fowl, bacon, pumpkins, cabbage, turnips, and other ingredients stewed or boiled together and highly spiced; by extension, Any dish containing a great variety of ingredients, a hotchpotch.
a1643Suckling Lett. (1646) 88 Like great Oleoes; they rather make a shew than provoke Appetite. 1668Davenant Man's the Master v. i, A sea of olio, and in it hams of Baijon lying at Hull with sails furl'd up of cabbage-leaves. 1670Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. 89 The first Course was Soppas, then Olleos, then Pullets. a1763Shenstone Wks. (1768) II. 8 Such a soup, or ollio..is much in vogue. 1773Brydone Sicily xxiii. (1809) 227 The Olio still preserves its rank and dignity in the centre of the table. 1885A. B. Ellis W. Afric. Isl. xi. 276 The olio, that is, the ingredients of which the soup is made, served up as a second course.
Comb.1750E. Smith Compl. Housew. (ed. 14) 159 To make an Olio-Pye.
2. fig.
a. Any mixture of heterogeneous things or elements; a hotchpotch, farrago, medley.
1648Eikon Bas. xv, Such an Oglio or Medley of various Religions. 1700Congreve Way of World iii. viii, I have such an Olio of affairs really I know not what to do. 1772Ann. Reg. 69 The company were an olio of all sorts. 1819A. Grant in Mem. (1844) II. 246 This oglio of a letter. 1847Disraeli Tancred ii. xiv, An olio of all ages and all countries. 1880St. James's Gaz. 16 Oct. 11 Those olios of partisan opinion with the facts left out.
b. A collection of various artistic or literary pieces, as engravings, verses, etc.; a miscellany; a musical medley, a potpourri; spec. a variety act or show; also attrib.
1655Duchess of Newcastle (title) The Worlds Olio. Nature's Pictures drawn by Fancie's Pencil to the Life. 1691Reas. Mr. Bays changing Relig. (ed. 2) 17 Entertain them with..a fashionable Oglio at Lockets, or the Blue Posts. 1702Motteux Prol. Farquhar's Inconstant, An opera, like an oglio, nicks the age. 1809S. Breck Recoll. (1877) App. 271 We..rode round to Mr. Brent's,..with whose family we took tea, and afterward accompanied them to an olio concert. 1884Sat. Rev. 7 June 740/1 The second part of a minstrel show is the ‘olio’—and this is only a variety entertainment, of banjo-playing, clog-dancing, and the like. 1928Amer. Speech IV. 68 Behind these drops,..are the oleos, or act-curtains. These..are used for small vaudeville acts... Such acts..are termed oleo acts, or acts in one. 1951Green & Laurie Show Biz 570/1 Olio, scenery, in front of which an act, generally a ‘sidewalk comedy’ team performs; also specialties performed between acts in burlesque. 1956M. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xi. 116 The second part, or olio (a word derived from the Spanish olla, meaning mixture), consisted of a series of solo acts that later evolved into variety or vaudeville. 1961Bowman & Ball Theatre Lang. 237 Olio; oleo... A scene consisting of a specialty act..played..while another scene is being set. Also as olio act (or scene)... A backing, drop, or tableau curtain for a front scene... Also as olio drop... A medley of songs, dances, comic sketches and the like. 1961A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. Show Business 64 Oleo, miscellaneous Vaudeville or Variety Acts presented between the acts or during the intermissions of a play. 1964Punch 2 Dec. 852/1 The audience is invited to stay..for the Olio,..which here means an Aftershow. 1976Publishers Weekly 9 Feb. 96/3 It is a mixture of self-indulgent prose, sickening violence and unbelievable happenings. The whole olio is, clearly, a bid for Bicentennial attention.
▪ II. olio
obs. variant of olla, palm-leaf. |