salmagundi
pronunciation
How to pronounce salmagundi in British English:
UK [ˌsælmə'gʌndɪ]
How to pronounce salmagundi in American English:
US [ˌsælmə'gʌndɪ]
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- Noun:
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing
Word Origin
- salmagundi (n.)
- 1670s, from French salmigondis (16c.), originally "seasoned salt meats" (compare French salmis "salted meats"), from Middle French salmigondin (16c.), of uncertain origin; Watkins derives it from Latin sal "salt" + condire "to season, flavor." Probably related to or influenced by Old French salemine "hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine," which was borrowed in Middle English as salomene (early 14c.). Figurative sense of "mixture of various ingredients" is from 1761; it was the title of Washington Irving's satirical publication (1807-08). In dialect, salmon-gundy, solomon-gundy..
Example
- 1. The second cultural war is being waged in magazines like critical inquiry and salmagundi , magazines with high subscription rates and low circulations .