SALMAGUNDI • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Salmagundi

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

Listen

Salmagundi

noun

A collection containing a variety of sorts of things. Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, smorgasbord, variety. "He had a variety of disorders" , "A veritable smorgasbord of religions"

Cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing.

See images of 'Salmagundi'

Etymology of 'Salmagundi'

Share |

"Salmagundi" Quotes from Famous Books

... conservative literary circles by their audacity in defending the new movement in English poetry, and passing lightly by their idol Pope. Indeed, his unpopularity debarred him from succeeding the first editor. He withdrew, and began the publication of The Idle Man in numbers, modeled on Salmagundi and the Sketch-Book. His contributions consisted of critical papers and his novelettes 'Paul Felton,' 'Tom Thornton,' and 'Edward and Mary.' Not finding many readers, he discontinued it after the first volume. He then contributed for ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 • Various

Words linked to "Salmagundi" : melange, miscellany, farrago, selection, salad, witches' brew, mixed bag, alphabet soup, odds and ends, grab bag, mishmash, gallimaufry, sampler, accumulation, witches' broth, range, hotchpotch, ragbag, assemblage, oddments, hodgepodge, aggregation, witch's brew, mingle-mangle, omnium-gatherum, collection