salmagundi English · revision 1096

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌsal.məˈɡʌn.di/ ''(UK)''; /ˌsæl.məˈɡʌn.di/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|salmigondis]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) originally “seasoned salt meats”,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from Middle French ''salmigondin'',^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) of uncertain origin.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) It is probably based on Old French ''salemine'' “salted food” or “hodgepodge cooked in wine”^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) and ''condir'' “to season”, from Latin ''condīre''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) It is related to [[salami]] and [[condiment]].^(AHD)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A dish of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs and onions with oil and seasoning (1674).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The figurative sense, a mixture of various ingredients, a miscellany, is from 1761.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Washington Irving used ''Salmagundi'' as the title of a satirical publication in 1807–08.^(Etymonline) In dialect the word became ''salmon-gundy'' or ''solomon-gundy''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * early 14th century – ''salomene'', a hodgepodge cooked in wine.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1674 – the dish.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1761 – a mixture or miscellany.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1807–08 – Washington Irving's ''Salmagundi''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A salad of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs and onions, often arranged in rows and dressed with oil and vinegar.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A mixture or assortment; a [[potpourri]] or [[miscellany]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[salami]]

+ * [[condiment]]

+ * [[salmi]]

+ * [[potpourri]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}