Olio

Definitions

1. A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
   countable, uncountable
2. A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
3. A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
4. Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.
   broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The late Refinements in Knowledge, running parallel to thoſe of Dyet in our Nation, which among Men of a judicious Taſte, are dreſt up in various Compounds, conſiſting in Soups and Ollios, Fricaſſées and Ragouſts.”

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