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From February 26, 2018:

gallimaufry

-The American Heritage Dictionary:

noun

A jumble. Hodgepodge.

-Oxford Dictionaries:

  1. A confused jumble or medley of things.
    1.1 US A dish made from diced or minced meat, especially a hash or ragout.

-Merriam-Webster:

hodgepodge. A gallimaufry of opinions.
[First Known Use: 1556]

-Collins English Dictionary:

in British: a jumble; hotchpotch.
C16: from French galimafrée ragout, hash, of unknown origin

in American

  1. Archaic a hash made of meat scraps
  2. a hodgepodge; jumble

Origin: Fr galimafrée, prob. < OFr galer (see gallant) + dial. (Picardy) mafrer, to eat much < MDu maffelen

-Vocabulary.com:

a motley assortment of things

Use the noun gallimaufry when you’re talking about a jumbled mix of things. You might describe your family’s traditional Thanksgiving meal as a gallimaufry of Italian, American, and Indian dishes.

Any mishmash of stuff can be called a gallimaufry. You might have a gallimaufry of socks in your drawer, all different colors and sizes and patterns, or a gallimaufry of guests at your birthday party. You could criticize a writer’s short story collection as a gallimaufry of pieces, all with different, mismatched moods and styles. Gallimaufry comes from the French galimafrée, “hash or ragout,” from the Old French calimafree, “unappetizing stew or sauce.”

-Online Etymology Dictionary:

“a medley, hash, hodge-podge,” 1550s, from French galimafrée “hash, ragout, dish made of odds and ends,” from Old French galimafree, calimafree “sauce made of mustard, ginger, and vinegar; a stew of carp” (14c.), which is of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old French galer “to make merry, live well” (see gallant) + Old North French mafrer “to eat much,” from Middle Dutch maffelen [Klein]. Weekley sees in the second element the proper name Maufré. Hence, figuratively, “any inconsistent or absurd medley.”

-Webster’s Dictionary 1828:

noun A hash; a medley; a hodge-podge. [Little used.]

  1. Any inconsistent or ridiculous medley.
  2. A woman. [Not in used.]

-Luciferous Logolepsy:

n. - hash of liver and other organs; hotch-potch.

-Wordcount.org:

Not in the archive. Although it is the title of a show, as it turns out.

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