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omnium-gatherums

omnium-gatherums is the plural of omnium-gatherum.

Meaning of 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

Questions about omnium-gatherums

What is omnium-gatherums the plural of?
Omnium-gatherums is the plural of omnium-gatherum.

Words near omnium-gatherums in the dictionary

  1. omnitudes
  2. omnium
  3. omnium gatherum
  4. omnium-gathera
  5. omnium-gatherum
  6. omnium-gatherums
  7. omniums
  8. omnivagant
  9. omnivalent
  10. omnivarious
  11. omniversal

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