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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural omnium-gatherums) Etymology: Latin omnium (genitive plural of omnis) + English gather + Latin -um, noun ending Date: 1530 a miscellaneous collection (as of things or persons)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Omnium-gatherum Om`ni*um-gath"er*um, n. [A macaronic compound of L. omnium, gen.pl. of omnis all, and E. gather.] A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley. [Colloq. & Humorous] --Selden.