Synonyms for olio

Grammar : Noun

Spell : oh-lee-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ liˌoʊ

Définition of olio

Origin : medley dish of Iberian origin, 1640s, from Spanish olla, Portuguese olha, both from Vulgar Latin olla "pot, jar." Sense transferred to "any mixture or medley."

noun miscellany

Example sentences :

That'll be all for the olio; I'll go right into the after-show now.
Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb

An age, or a country; or an olio of all ages and all countries?'
Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli

I might indeed, following the example of the Sunday newsmonger, call it the Olio.
Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper

I must have an olio pot,' she said, 'an olio pot, and the heaviest one.
Extract from : « The Queen Pedauque » by Anatole France

If you could do anything at all, Hannah, you'd lead a chorus and go in the olio.
Extract from : « The Happy End » by Joseph Hergesheimer

But I have such an olio of affairs, really I know not what to do.
Extract from : « The Way of the World » by William Congreve

Though I do not doubt but they are an olio of lies and scandal, I should like to see them.
Extract from : « The Ladies » by E. Barrington

Think of paying three or four francs for less than half a pound sott 'olio in Paris.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXII. » by Various

Olmeto and the neighbouring village of Olio have both an exceedingly bad reputation.
Extract from : « A Lady's Tour in Corsica, Vol. I (of 2) » by Gertrude Forde

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