omnium-gatherum

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omnium-gatherum Meaning of "omnium-gatherum"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a motley assortment of things

Synonym(s)

gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash

Usage(s):

  1. His omnium-gatherum of anecdotes, historical footnotes and autobiography has little structure and no main thesis.
  2. Such diversity should imply a 50-year-old scrapbook, an omnium-gatherum without standards or values.
  3. It is a gigantic, semidigestible omnium-gatherum, and the visitor needs time and shoe leather to deal with it.
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