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omnium-gatherum

[ om-nee-uhm-gath-er-uhm ]

noun

plural omnium-gatherums.
  1. a miscellaneous collection.


omnium-gatherum

/ ˈɒmnɪəmˈɡæðərəm /

noun

  1. facetious.
    a miscellaneous collection; assortment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of omnium-gatherum1

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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of omnium-gatherum1

C16: from Latin omnium of all, from omnis all + Latinized form of English gather
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Example Sentences

But maybe something about hustle, from its 1972 origens in the resilient youth of the battered South Bronx to the omnium-gatherum dance floors of 2023, deserves the title.

Volume VI, an index and omnium-gatherum, was prefaced by Mr. Stokes’s apology to subscribers for the 13-year duration of the project.

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.

On the other hand, Adolphine's house, in spite of all her wishes and endeavours, had never been anything more than an omnium-gatherum, a rubbish heap.

I seldom partake of this meal," observed Philemon, "without thinking of the omnium-gatherum bowl, so exquisitely described by old Isaac Walton.

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