omnium-gatherum
/ˌɑm.ni.əmˈɡæ.ðɚ.əm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.22 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
Example Sentences
- "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 addle-eggs, and wood-lice, and leeches, and odds and ends, and omnium-gatherums, and this, that, and the other, enough to fill nine museums."
- "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."
Etymology
Dog Latin, a reduplication derived from Latin omnium (“of all”) and gather + Latin -um, suggesting a collection of everything.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɑm.ni.əmˈɡæ.ðɚ.əm/
- British English: /ˌɒm.nɪəmˈɡæ.ðə.ɹəm/