单词 | omnium gatherum |
释义 | omnium gatherumn.adv.adj. A. n. 1. Chiefly colloquial. A gathering or collection of all sorts of people or things; a catch-all, an inclusive group or category. In early use, also: miscellaneous people or things considered together. Occasionally with omission of partitive of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture hotchpotc1405 hodge-podgec1426 omnigatherum?a1430 mishmashc1475 peasemeala1525 omnium gatherum1530 mingle1548 hotchpotch1549 mingle-mangle1549 gallimaufry1551 rhapsody1574 sauce-medley1579 pell-mellc1586 linsey-woolsey1592 wilderness1594 brewage1599 motley1609 macaronic1611 medley1618 olla podridaa1635 farragoa1637 consarcination1640 porridge1642 olio1645 bisque1653 mélange1653 hash1660 jumble1661 farrage1698 capilotade1705 jargon1710 salmagundi1761 pasticcio1785 pea meal1789 ollapod1804 mixty-maxty1818 macédoine1820 ragbag1820 haggis1822 job lot1828 allsorts1831 conglomerate1837 pot-pourri1841 chow-chow1850 breccia1873 pastiche1873 macaroni1884 mixed bag1919 casserole1930 mixed bunch1958 rattle-bag1982 mulligan1993 1530 R. Croke Let. to Cranmer (Vitell. B.xiii) f. 123v Certayne subscriptions unto the kynge, wheroff sauff ij, there ys none worthe a botton, but be omnium gatherum. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 43 [The Jesuits] haue made religion..a very hotch potch of omnium githerum. 1622 J. Taylor Arrant Thiefe sig. B8 I haue the hands of Knights and Squiers: And Omnium gatherum Cheating knaues and liers. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 543 The Apothecary had muster'd up his several Slops and compleated the Composition of Omniumgatherum. 1776 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 214 My letters to you are an odd mixture. They would appear to a stranger like the dish which is sometimes called omnium gatherum. 1796 T. Morton Way to get Married ii. ii. 34 I'll make you up to all—Cons—Rescounters, short stuff, bonus, backwardation, omnium gatherum. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. vii. 230 Such an omnium gatherum as the inhabitants of a new settlement. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies iii. 114 Odds and ends, and omnium-gatherums, and this, that, and the other, enough to fill nine museums. 1885 Academy 28 Nov. 357/3 If your faculty is an omnium-gatherum then it will not work. 1912 C. H. C. Wright Hist. French Lit. ii. 21 The third [epic] cycle was little more than an omnium-gatherum and included much that would not go into the other ones. 1955 G. Gorer Exploring Eng. Char. v. 65 The omnium gatherum of ‘other’ found members of dramatic societies, boy scouts and girls guides, [etc.] 1992 New Yorker 14 Dec. 134/1 An omnium-gatherum of a master reporter's work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun] dance of Macabre?c1430 springc1450 lege de moya1529 bobc1550 lusty gallant1569 duret1613 fading1613 huckler1617 ground-measure1621 entry1631 slatter de pouchc1640 ballo1651 Irish trot1651 omnium gatheruma1652 clutterdepouch1652 upspring1654 passacaglia1659 shuffle1659 passacaille1667 flip-flap1676 chaconne1685 charmer1702 Cheshire-round1706 Louvre1729 stick dance1730 white joke1730 baby dance1744 Nancy Dawson1766 fricassee1775 bumpkin1785 Totentanz1789 Flora('s) dance1790 goombay1790 egg-dance1801 supper dance1820 Congo dance1823 slip-jig1829 bran-dance1833 roly-poly1833 Congo1835 mazy1841 furry1848 bull-dance1855 stampede1856 double-shuffling1859 frog dance1863 hokee-pokee1873 plait dance1876 slow dancing1884 snake dance1895 beast dance1900 soft-shoe1900 cakewalk1902 floral dance1911 snake dance1911 apache dance1912 grizzly bear1912 jazz dance1917 jazz dancing1917 jazz1919 wine-dance1920 camel-walk1921 furry dance1928 snake-dance1931 pas d'action1936 trance dancing1956 touch dance1965 hokey-cokey1966 moonwalk1969 moonwalking1983 Crip Walk1989 mapantsula1990 a1652 R. Brome New Acad. v. ii. 110 in Five New Playes (1659) Stri. Play then Les tous ensembles. Neh. That's the French name on't, Uncle, 'tis in Dutch call'd All-to-Mall; and I call it in English. Omnium Gatherum, 'tis the daintiest daunce. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 28 There has been nothing but Trench-more [printed French-more] and the Cushion Dance, omnium gatherum, tolly, polly, hoite come toite. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > stock > of the national debt > government's amount for unit of capital omnium1760 omnium gatherum1761 1761 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker 163 Omnium is the whole subscription undivided; and is known in the Alley by the name of Omnium Gatherum, a cant phrase for, all together. 1793 J. Beresford in W. Roberts Looker-on No. 51. 402 With the omnium-gatherums, scrips, discounts, &c. it appeared, that the funds and credit of Virtue were gradually rising. In a heterogeneous crowd or group of people; muddled up, without distinction or order. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adverb] > in a confused manner omnium gatherum1648 1648 Merc. Acad. No. 1. 4 Being come omnium gatherum into the Convocation-house. 1650 A. B. Mutatus Polemo 28 Whither we ganged as drunkenly reeling as the Ship, omnium getherum, all together. C. adj. Comprising an omnium gatherum; miscellaneous, various; catch-all, inclusive. Also: (colloquial) in disorder or chaos; all over the place. ΚΠ 1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold ii. 10 Rolled into one omnium-gatherum store. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Feb. 151/2 One of the omnium-gatherum volumes of the Historical Manuscripts Commission's Publications. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 June 742/3 Embracing everything from the family to the road system. Some might think this a somewhat omnium gatherum approach. 1986 P. Friedrich Princes of Naranja viii. 238 [In] political anthrohistory..one needs an overall cultural view and an omnium-gatherum approach to data collecting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adv.adj.1530 |
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