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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun salmagundi has 2 senses
- salmagundi(n = noun.group) assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, smorgasbord, variety - 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" is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
- salmagundi(n = noun.food) Array - cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing; Array is a kind of salad
has particulars: grab bag, witch's brew, witches' brew, witches' broth, range, selection, farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag, alphabet soup, sampler
CIDE DICTIONARY
salmagundi, n. [F. salmigondis, of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. salgama condita, pl.; salgama pickles + condita preserved (see Condite); or from the Countess Salmagondi, lady of honor to Maria de Medici, who is said to have invented it; or cf. It. salame salt meat, and F. salmis a ragout.].
- A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- Hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany. W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
salmagundi, n. (pl. salmagundis)
1 a dish of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, etc., and seasoning.
2 a general mixture; a miscellaneous collection of articles, subjects, qualities, etc.
1 a dish of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, etc., and seasoning.
2 a general mixture; a miscellaneous collection of articles, subjects, qualities, etc.
Etymology
F salmigondis of unkn. orig.
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salmagundi
Caesar salad, Jell-O salad, Waldorf salad, all sorts, ambrosia, aspic, assemblage, assortment, broad spectrum, chef salad, cole slaw, combination salad, conglomeration, crab Louis, fruit salad, gallimaufry, green salad, hash, herring salad, hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, jumble, macaroni salad, magpie, mash, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potato salad, potpourri, salad, salade, sauce, scramble, slaw, stew, tossed salad, what you willROGET THESAURUS
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Mixture
N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.
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