olio

[oh-lee-oh]

noun

plural

olios 

1. a dish of many ingredients.

2. Informal.,  olla podrida.

3. a mixture of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge.

4. a medley or potpourri, as of musical or literary selections; miscellany.

5. Theater.

   1. a specialty act performed downstage while the upstage set is changed.

   2. a performance, as a musical number, presented between scenes or acts.

   3. drop scene.

   4. a program of variety acts, especially the second half of a minstrel show.

olio

/ ˈəʊlɪˌəʊ /

noun

1. a dish of many different ingredients

2. a miscellany or potpourri

Word History and Origins

Origin of olio¹

1635–45; < Spanish olla pot, stew < Latin olla, ōla pot, jar

Word History and Origins

Origin of olio¹

C17: from Spanish olla stew, from Latin: jar

Example Sentences

Barkeepers Ben Smith and Austin Polley took over the former Speckled & Drake space and upped their food game, adding an affordable fresh pasta menu with spaghetti aglio e olio, black pepper fettuccine and more.

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Use them to top a classic Italian-style pasta such as aglio e olio for a big punch of sweet, caramelized flavor and crunch.

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While my parents made sure that I hadn’t poisoned my grandmother, I went back to the kitchen and whipped up a simple spaghetti aglio e olio, which I secretly preferred to chanterelles.

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Thus, you would see in an 18th-century text /olio’s or quarto’s - and it looks rather elegant.

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The menu comprises of both western dishes such as root beer battered fish and chips and ribeye steaks, and local dishes such as tom yum aglio olio pasta and sambal prawn fried rice.

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