salmagundi or salmagundy
- 1) noun, a mixed salad dish of cooked meats, eggs, beetroot, etc, popular in 18th-century England
- 2) noun, a miscellany; potpourri
Etymology
C17: from French salmigondis, perhaps from Italian salami conditi pickled salami
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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