omnium-gatherum
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omnium-gatherums
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Etymology
Origin of omnium-gatherum
First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin omnium “of all” (genitive plural of omnis ) + pseudo-Latin gatherum “a gathering” (from English gather + -um Latin noun suffix), replacing Middle English omnegadrium (from omni- + Middle English gaderen gather ( def. ) ) + -ium noun suffix
Example Sentences
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But maybe something about hustle, from its 1972 origins in the resilient youth of the battered South Bronx to the omnium-gatherum dance floors of 2023, deserves the title.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
Volume VI, an index and omnium-gatherum, was prefaced by Mr. Stokes’s apology to subscribers for the 13-year duration of the project.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2015
But isn’t a handbag sometimes just a handbag, rather than an omnium-gatherum?
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2014
His multilayered sound collage is an omnium-gatherum that includes — among much else — running water, traffic, babies crying and a variety of Irish traditional music.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2011
I seldom partake of this meal," observed Philemon, "without thinking of the omnium-gatherum bowl, so exquisitely described by old Isaac Walton.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
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