gallimaufray

Noun

gallimaufry (countable and uncountable, plural gallimaufries)

1. (dated) A hash of various kinds of meats; a ragout.
   • At length, having discussed in turn pilaus, keebaubs, ollas, and a legion of gallimaufrys not mentioned in the classic pages of Kitchener and Ude, the cook's brain became completely addled by the elaborate and conflicting directions bestowed upon him; […]1840, A[ndrew] A[llen] Harwood, “Mess-table Chat”, in William E[vans] Burton, editor, The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor; Containing Choice and Characteristic Selections from the Writings of the Most...
2. (figuratively) Any absurd medley; an elaborate mishmash.
   • [O]ur mother tongue, which truly of it ſelfe is both ful enough for proſe, and ſtately enough for verſe, hath long time beene counted moſt bare and barren of both. Which default, when as ſome endeuoured to ſalue and recure, they patched vp the holes with peeces and ragges of other languages...1579, Edmund Spenser, “[The Epistle]”, in The Shepheardes Calender: Conteyning Tvvelue Æglogues Proportionable to the Twelue Monethes. Entitled to the Noble and Vertuous Gentleman Most Worthy of All...

   Synonyms:

   hodgepodge, olio, potpourri, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad