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03/15/10, 02:02 PM
salmagundi (sal-muh-GUHN-dee)

noun:
1. A heterogeneous mixture.
2. A mixed salad of various ingredients, such as meat, eggs, anchovies, onions, oil, vinegar, etc.

Etymology
From French salmagondis (originally "seasoned salt meats"), probably from salemine (salted food) + condir (to season).

Usage
"After a few years of musical production, the varied musical whims that have inspired their salmagundi of tracks is happily all over the place." — One-man Band Bounces Back To Originality; Gainesville Sun (Florida); Jul 1, 2007.


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