salmagundi
Americannoun
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a mixed dish consisting usually of cubed poultry or fish, chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, oil, etc., often served as a salad.
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any mixture or miscellany.
noun
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a mixed salad dish of cooked meats, eggs, beetroot, etc, popular in 18th-century England
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a miscellany; potpourri
Etymology
Origin of salmagundi
1665–75; < Middle French salmingondin (later salmigondis ), compound based on salemine salted food ( see salami) and condir to season ( see condiment)
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The result is a salmagundi of boilerplate #MeToo musings, wannabe bad girl confessions and elliptical woo-speak dressed up as deep thoughts, at which Woolf is exceptionally adept.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
This combination of bitter, savory and sweet results in a satisfying literary salmagundi that delves into serious and timely topics without taking itself too seriously.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2017
Early on, the platform was a salmagundi of out-of-focus lifecasts.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 8, 2014
For men, women buy shirts, gloves and salmagundi for the hobby chests.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her irregular method of study and desultory reading had rather enervated than strengthened a mind naturally clear and vigorous, and left its acquisitions in a confused and kaleidoscopic mass, bordering upon intellectual salmagundi.
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. Evans Wilson
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