salmagundi

nounmiscellany

Word Origin & History

1670s, from French salmigondis (16c.), originally "seasoned salt meats" (cf. French salmis "salted meats"), from Middle French salmigondin (16c.), of uncertain origin; Watkins derives it from Latin sal "salt" + condire "to season, flavor." Probably related to or influenced by Old French salemine "hodgepodge of meats or fish cooked in wine," which was borrowed in Middle English as salomene (early 14c.). Figurative sense of "mixture of various ingredients" is from 1761; it was the title of Washington Irving's satirical publication (1807-08). In dialect, salmon-gundy, solomon-gundy..

Example Sentences for salmagundi

I'm glad I didn't, though a lot of the Salmagundi men go over there and like it.

This is very simple jesting, but at that time it was very effective in a town that enjoyed the high spirits of Salmagundi.

He became a friend of W. Irving, and was part author with him of Salmagundi—a continuation of which by himself proved a failure.

They had caviare now, and salmagundi, and sausage ...

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