omnium-gatherum

om·ni·um-gath·er·um

O0073500 (ŏm′nē-əm-găth′ər-əm)n. A miscellaneous collection; a hodgepodge.

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[Latin omnium, genitive pl. of omnis, all; see op- in Indo-European roots + gatherum (mock-Latinate alteration of gather).]

omnium-gatherum

(ˈɒmnɪəmˈɡæðərəm) noften facetious a miscellaneous collection; assortment[C16: from Latin omnium of all, from omnis all + Latinized form of English gather]

om•ni•um-gath•er•um

(ˌɒm ni əmˈgæð ər əm)

n., pl. -ums. a miscellaneous collection. [1520–30; < Latin omnium of all (genitive pl. of omnis) + pseudo-Latin gatherum a gathering]

omnium-gatherum

a miscellany or medley.See also: Collections and Collecting

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omnium-gatherum - a motley assortment of things farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, ragbagassortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"