omnium-gatherum

Noun

omnium-gatherum (plural omnium-gatherums or omnium-gathera)

1. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
   • But out of the water he dared not put his head; for the rain came down by bucketsful, and the hail hammered like shot on the stream, and churned it into foam; and soon the stream rose, and rushed down, higher and higher, and fouler and fouler, full of beetles, and sticks; and straws, and worms, and...1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
   • We live in the era of Omnium-Gatherum; all the world's a museum, and men and women are its students. To design any building in England nowadays is therefore to work under the eye, so to speak, of the Society of Antiquaries.1864, Robert Kerr, The Gentleman's House, page 342

   Synonyms:

   bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, gatherum