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English

Noun

  1. A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
  2. Hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Salmagundi \Sal`ma*gun"di\, n. [F. salmigondis, of uncertain
origin; perhaps from L. salgama condita, pl.; salgama pickles
+ condita preserved (see Condite); or from the Countess
Salmagondi, lady of honor to Maria de Medici, who is said to
have invented it; or cf. It. salame salt meat, and F. salmis
a ragout.]
1. A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil,
vinegar, pepper, and onions. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or
medley; a potpourri; a miscellany. --W. Irving.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet salmagundi
n 1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a
great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a
variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of
religions" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany,
miscellanea, variety, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley]
2: cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in
rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing
Moby Dictionary
Caesar salad , Jell-O salad , Waldorf salad , all sorts , ambrosia ,
aspic , assemblage , assortment , broad spectrum , chef salad ,
cole slaw , combination salad , conglomeration , crab Louis ,
fruit salad , gallimaufry , green salad , hash , herring salad ,
hodgepodge , hotchpot , hotchpotch , jumble , macaroni salad , magpie ,
mash , medley , melange , mess , mingle-mangle , miscellany , mishmash ,
mix , mixed bag , odds and ends , olio , olla podrida , omnium-gatherum ,
pasticcio , pastiche , patchwork , potato salad , potpourri , salad ,
salade , sauce , scramble , slaw , stew , tossed salad , what you will


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