Synonyms for omnium gatherum
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : om-nee-uh m-gath -er-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒm ni əmˈgæð ər əm |
Définition of omnium gatherum
Origin :- 1520s, "miscellaneous collection," humorous coinage from Latin omnium "of all" (genitive plural of omnis; see omni-) + Latinized form of English gather.
- As in motley crew : noun mixed group of people
- Page 162: ominum gatherum likely is a misprint for omnium gatherum.
- Extract from : « The Popular Science Monthly, June, 1900 » by Various
- Murray (the publisher) said that my Life of Dr. Butler was an omnium gatherum.
- Extract from : « The Note-Books of Samuel Butler » by Samuel Butler
- The relic-hunters had penetrated their omnium gatherum and offered fabulous sums for the quaint old bits they found there.
- Extract from : « Idle Hour Stories » by Eugenia Dunlap Potts
- I am bringing out a heavy memoir on elephants—an omnium gatherum affair, with observations on the fossil and recent species.
- Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
- But in the majority of cases there is no obvious excuse for this omnium gatherum process.
- Extract from : « Ballads of Romance and Chivalry » by Frank Sidgwick
- There is, of course, in very many cases an individuality gained by the "omnium gatherum" of such a mode of furnishing.
- Extract from : « Illustrated History of Furniture » by Frederick Litchfield
- Other legends were worked up into the omnium gatherum of Giron le Courtois, and with this the cycle proper ceases.
- Extract from : « A Short History of French Literature » by George Saintsbury
- Omnium gatherum, an indiscriminate collection of articles; a numerous and by no means select assemblage.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- A ship that carries a numerous crew, is a sort of omnium gatherum, of human employments.
- Extract from : « Afloat And Ashore » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Louie sat for a while, sucking at a lump of sugar she had swept that morning into the omnium gatherum of her pocket.
- Extract from : « The History of David Grieve » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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