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单词 mixum-gatherum
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mixum-gatherumn.

Brit. /ˌmɪksəmˈɡað(ə)rəm/, U.S. /ˌmɪksəmˈɡæð(ə)rəm/
Forms: 1800s mixtrum-gatherum, 1800s– mixum-gatherum, 1900s– mixem gatherem, 1900s– mix-um gather-um.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mixtum , mixtus , omnium gatherum n.
Etymology: < classical Latin mixtum, neuter of mixtus mixed adj.2 + -gatherum (in omnium gatherum n.), after omnium gatherum n.In form mixem gatherem (and perhaps also in form mix-um gather-um ) perhaps interpreted as mix 'em gather 'em (see 'em pron.).
colloquial.
A miscellaneous or confused collection of persons or things; a hotchpotch, a muddle. Cf. omnium gatherum n.
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1833 J. Banim & M. Banim in Dublin Penny Jrnl. 14 Dec. 190/1 His tongue betokened that he came from the Black North, where they don't speak either English, or Irish, or Scotch, but a kind of mixtrum gatherum of their own.
1876 R. Broughton Joan III. v. 151 When I used to ask them to my mixum-gatherum parties, and think myself very condescending for shaking hands.
1909 M. Kelly Rosnah xvi. 119 ‘'Twas a mix-um gather-um, me dear’, he answered.
1930 New Statesman 19 July 472/2 If all the experts..were to be struck..with paralysis, we should have the plague within three days, and general mixum-gatherum afterwards.
1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Jan. 75/2 The Ottomans, with their mixum-gatherum of an empire.
1988 M. Binchy Silver Wedding iv. 81 The place was a mixem gatherem, a bit like those Lucksters' shops you didn't go into years ago..in case things mightn't be quite..well, fresh.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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