omnium : Idioms & Phrases

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omnium-gatherum

  • noun a motley assortment of things
    hotchpotch; farrago; ragbag; mingle-mangle; oddments; hodgepodge; odds and ends; melange; gallimaufry; mishmash.
WordNet
Om`ni*um-gath"er*um noun
Etymology
A macaronic compound of L. omnium, gen.pl. of omnis all, and E. gather.
Definitions
  1. A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley. Colloq. & Humorous Selden.
Webster 1913