salmagundi

Meaning

Noun

• A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
• Hence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.

Origin

• From French salmigondis, from Middle French salmigondin, probably related to Middle French salomene, from Old French salemine.