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o⋅li⋅o

  [oh-lee-oh]
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–noun, plural o⋅li⋅os.
1. a dish of many ingredients.
2. Informal. olla podrida (def. 2).
3. a mixture of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge.
4. a medley or potpourri, as of musical or literary selections; miscellany.
5. Theater.
a. a specialty act performed downstage while the upstage set is changed.
b. a performance, as a musical number, presented between scenes or acts.
c. drop scene (def. 1).
d. a program of variety acts, esp. the second half of a minstrel show.
Origin:
1635–45; < Sp olla pot, stew < L olla, ōla pot, jar
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o·li·o   (ō'lē-ō')   
n.   pl. o·li·os
  1. A heavily spiced stew of meat, vegetables, and chickpeas.
    1. A mixture or medley; a hodgepodge.
    2. A collection of various artistic or literary works or musical pieces; a miscellany.
  3. Vaudeville or musical entertainment presented between the acts of a burlesque or minstrel show.

[Alteration of Spanish olla, pot; see olla.]
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Olio

O"li*o\, n. [Sp. olla a round earthen pot, a dish of boiled or stewed meat, fr. L. olla a pot, dish. Cf. Olla, Olla-podrida.]

1. A dish of stewed meat of different kinds. [Obs.]

Besides a good olio, the dishes were trifling. --Evelyn.

2. A mixture; a medley. --Dryden.

3. (Mus.) A collection of miscellaneous pieces.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : olio
Spanish: aceite; petróleo,
German: das Öl,
Japanese: 油
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