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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A heavily spiced stew of meat, vegetables, and chickpeas.
  2. n. A mixture or medley; a hodgepodge.
  3. n. A collection of various artistic or literary works or musical pieces; a miscellany.
  4. n. Vaudeville or musical entertainment presented between the acts of a burlesque or minstrel show.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A savory dish composed of a great variety of ingredients, as stewed meat, herbs, etc.
  2. n. A mixture; a medley.
  3. n. A miscellany; a collection of various pieces: chiefly applied to a musical collection.

Wiktionary

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

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete A dish of stewed meat of different kinds.
  2. n. A mixture; a medley.
  3. n. (Mus.) A collection of miscellaneous pieces.

Etymologies

  1. From Spanish olla or Portuguese olha, both from Latin olla ("pot, jar"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Alteration of Spanish olla, pot; see olla. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “By that time the sediment in olio nuovo will have begun to oxidize in a dark pool at the bottom of the bottle, and the oil will become rancid.”

    Domestic Reserves

  • “We don ' t learn from Mr. Martin why actors and comedians refer to such little routines as " olio " acts.”

    The Wall Street Journal: You

  • “After each show there would be " a ten-minute ' olio ' segment, " with an actor or two coming out to perform their specialties.”

    The Wall Street Journal: You

  • “Behind the tormentors is a curtain called the "olio," which fulfills the triple purpose of hiding the rest of the stage, serving as scenery for acts in One and often as a curtain to raise and lower on acts playing in the space back of One.”

    Writing for Vaudeville

  • “brightest eyes that ever have shone" glitter yet more gloriously, till in their nearer and dearer splendor a Chaldean would forget the stars; and the "sweetest lips that ever were kissed" sip the creaming Verzenay, or savor the delicate "olio," with a keener honesty of zest.”

    Border and Bastille

  • “The simplest and most basic of all pasta suppers, spaghettini aglio e olio is made from ingredients most of us have in the cupboard.”

    The Guardian: Nigel Slater's classic spaghettini aglio e olio

  • “Cupboard love: Nigel Slater's classic spaghettini aglio e olio.”

    The Guardian: Nigel Slater's classic spaghettini aglio e olio

  • “Anyhow, my favorite quick/healthy/easy meal as of late is usually some sort of variation on the olio e aglio pasta (oil and garlic).”

    Weeknight Meal: Scrambled Pasta

  • “While the Kinshaya envoy, Patriarch Radrigi, remained conspicuously mute, the Gorn, Tholian, and Breen diplomats filled the room with a discordant olio of hisses, chirps and clicks, and electronic warbles.”

    Simon & Schuster: Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire

  • “I could make a little aglio e olio pasta with garlic and olive oil.”

    The Wall Street Journal: John Turturro

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. mixture
  1. medley

same context (14)

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  1. salmagundi
  2. gallimaufry
  1. hodgepodge
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  1. potpourri
  2. phpbb
  1. altra
  2. three-day-old
  1. tenderloin
  2. bully-beef
  1. intermix
  2. goulash
  1. fricassee
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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. oglio
  1. lobscouse
  1. salmagundi
  1. olla
  1. olla-podrida
  1. pasticcio

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  • bilby Italian - oil. Nov 1, 2008

  • yarb As, added he, now only ask your carrier what sort of a man I am. By all the powers of seasoning! I would defy the best cook in Madrid or Toledo to make an olio at all to be compared to mine.

    - Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 10 ch. 12 Oct 9, 2008

  • whichbe Miscellany; potpourri. (from Phrontistery) May 23, 2008

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