omnium-gatherum

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omnium-gatherum

/ˌɒm.nɪəmˈɡæ.ðə.ɹəm/ UK
/ˌɑm.ni.əmˈɡæ.ðɚ.əm/ US

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Dog Latin, a reduplication derived from Latin omnium (“of all”) and gather + Latin -um, suggesting a collection of everything.

noun omnium-gatherums · omnium-gathera · gatherum · omnium gatherum · omnigatherum

A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. But out of the water he dared not put his head; for the rain came down by bucketsful, and the hail hammered like shot on the stream, and churned it into foam; and soon the stream rose, and rushed down, higher and higher, and fouler and fouler, full of beetles, and sticks; and straws, and worms, and
Similar: bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, gatherum, congeries, crazyquilt

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@misc{omnium_gatherum_2026,
  title = {omnium-gatherum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/omnium-gatherum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}