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omnium-gatherum

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om⋅ni⋅um-gath⋅er⋅um

  [om-nee-uhm-gath-er-uhm]
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–noun, plural -ums.
a miscellaneous collection.
Origin:
1520–30; < L omnium of all (gen. pl. of omnis) + pseudo-L gatherum a gathering
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om·ni·um-gath·er·um   (ŏm'nē-əm-gāth'ər-əm)   
n.  A miscellaneous collection; a hodgepodge.

[Latin omnium, genitive pl. of omnis, all; see op- in Indo-European roots + gatherum (mock-Latinate alteration of gather).]
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