gallimaufry
NounSynonyms:
odds and endsoddmentsmelangefarragoragbagmishmashmingle-manglehodgepodgehotchpotchomnium-gatherum
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a motley assortment of thingsSynonyms: odds and endsoddmentsmelangefarragoragbagmishmashmingle-manglehodgepodgehotchpotchomnium-gatherum
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Gallimaufry \Gal`li*mau"fry\, n.; pl. Gallimaufries. [F. galimafr['e]e a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different meats.]
1.A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. [1913 Webster]
Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat.— King.[1913 Webster]
2.Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. [1913 Webster]
The Mahometan religion, which, being a gallimaufry made up of many, partakes much of the Jewish.— South.[1913 Webster]