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Antonyms for potpourri

Grammar : Noun
Spell : poh-poo-ree, poh-poo-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpoʊ pʊˈri, ˈpoʊ pʊˌri

Definition of potpourri

Origin :
  • also pot-pourri, 1610s, "mixed meats served in a stew," from French pot pourri "stew," literally "rotten pot" (loan-translation of Spanish olla podrida), from pourri, past participle of pourrir "to rot," from Vulgar Latin *putrire, from Latin putrescere "grow rotten" (see putrescent). Notion of "medley" led to meaning "mixture of dried flowers and spices," first recorded in English 1749. Figurative sense (originally in music) of "miscellaneous collection" is recorded from 1855.
  • noun miscellany
Example sentences :
  • Bushels of their scented petals are yearly cured by me for Potpourri.
  • Extract from : « A Garden with House Attached » by Sarah Warner Brooks
  • There were, in fact, chintz-covered settees, and there was potpourri.
  • Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Robert Hichens
  • Amongst his compositions he published six Duos concertants (Op.3 and 4) as well as a Potpourri for two violoncellos.
  • Extract from : « The Violoncello and Its History » by Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski
  • If the potpourri was at times redolent of the dried flowers of other men's loves, Eleanor was blissfully unaware of it.
  • Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice
  • The best rules gave ambergris as one of the ingredients; this is not really a perfume, but gives the potpourri its staying power.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Gardens » by Alice Morse Earle
  • There is something very pleasant in opening an old China jar to find it filled with potpourri, even if the scent has wholly faded.
  • Extract from : « Old-Time Gardens » by Alice Morse Earle
  • He thought he detected a pleasant smell of herbs, like the potpourri his mother had in bowls in their house.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Wicker's Window » by Carley Dawson
  • And the rose he married comes to him a shrivelled leaf of a potpourri heap.
  • Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith
  • I want food for the gods—iced rose leaves, a decoction of potpourri to assuage my thirst.
  • Extract from : « Dimbie and I--and Amelia » by Mabel Barnes-Grundy
  • Betty knows how to make that potpourri that Lloyd's Grandmother Amanthis always kept in the rose-jars in the drawing-room.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor » by Annie Fellows Johnston

Synonyms for potpourri

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