salmagundi

plural salmagundis · alternative salmagundy · alternative solomongundy · alternative solomon gundy · alternative Solomon Gundy

1. countableuncountableA food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
2. countableuncountableHence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.

   This is not, however, a mere salmagundi of alphabetical arcana.

   2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R29

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   Partly too it reflected the nature of Revolutionary politics throughout the 1790s, which was invariably a kind of inspired bricolage, which involved yoking together a wide range of pre-existent elements into an unanticipated and constantly changing salmagundi of political forms.

   2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 544

   Synonyms: miscellany, olio, potpourri