| | | | Word of the Day for Tuesday, November 19, 2013 omnium-gatherum \om-nee-uhm-GATH-er-uhm\, noun: a miscellaneous collection. ...the man who performed this unkind office fancying that a dislike to the dishes could alone have given rise to such an omnium-gatherum. -- James Fennimore Cooper, Home as Found, 1838 Foster's own room was a cramped omnium gatherum, cluttered with the paraphernalia of daily living. -- Henry Blake Fuller, Bertram Cope's Year, 1919 Omnium-gatherum comes from the Latin roots omnium meaning "of all" and the pseudo-Latin word gatherum meaning "a gathering." Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help |
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