olio

Plural: olios

Noun

• A miscellany; a collection of diverse items.
• A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.
• A medley or mixture; a hotchpotch.
• A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.
• Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of burlesque or minstrel shows.

Examples

• His rack was an OLIO of letters, waiting for a masterful hand to arrange them.

Synonyms

Whitman's sampler, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, galimatias, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpot, hotchpotch, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, motley, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, salmagundi, slurry, smorgasbord, welter