MEDLEY
ADJECTIVES
► MACARONIC of the nature of a jumble or medley → 1611 obs.
NOUNS
► FARRAGO a confused group; a medley, a mixture, hotchpotch → 1632
► FRUIT SALAD a mixture of many different things; a medley → 1917
► GALIMATIAS a mixture, medley, hodge-podge → 1762
► GALLIMAUFRY a heterogeneous mixture, a confused jumble, a ridiculous medley → 1551-6
► HAGGERSNASH a medley, conglomeration → 1808 Sc. obs.
► MACARONIC a jumble or medley → 1611 obs.
► MASLIN a mixture, a medley → 1574 obs.
► MINGLE-MANGLE a medley; a confused mixture; a hotch-potch; a mess; confusion → 1549
► MIXMUX confusion; medley → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► OLIO any mixture of heterogeneous things or elements; a hotchpotch, farrago, medley → 1648
► OLLAPOD a hotchpotch; a medley; an incongruous mixture; a mixture of languages → 1804
► OLLA PODRIDA a hotchpotch, a medley; a mixture of languages → a1634
► OMNIGATHERUM omnium gatherum; a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley → a1400 obs.
► OMNIUM GATHERUM a gathering of all sorts; a miscellaneous assemblage, collection, or mixture of persons or things; a confused medley; disorder → 1530
► RAFF a confused heap; a medley → 19C Eng. dial.
► SMORGASBORD a medley, a miscellany; a rich variety or selection → 1948
► VARIORUM a change, novelty, diversion; a constant variation, a variety, medley → 1761 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► GALLIMAUFRIER one who makes a gallimaufry or medley of something → 1592 obs.
VERBS
► MINGLE-MANGLE to confuse; to make a medley of; to mix up; to jumble together → 1549