Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heavily spiced stew of meat, vegetables, and chickpeas.
- noun A mixture or medley; a hodgepodge.
- noun A collection of various artistic or literary works or musical pieces; a miscellany.
- noun Vaudeville or musical entertainment presented between the acts of a burlesque or minstrel show.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A savory dish composed of a great variety of ingredients, as stewed meat, herbs, etc.
- noun A mixture; a medley.
- noun A miscellany; a collection of various pieces: chiefly applied to a musical collection.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A dish of stewed meat of different kinds.
- noun A mixture; a medley.
- noun (Mus.) A collection of miscellaneous pieces.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A rich, thick, Spanish
stew consisting of meat and vegetables. - noun A mixture or medley, a
hotchpotch . - noun A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a
miscellany . - noun By extension of the above,
Vaudeville or similarmiscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainmentskits presented between the main acts ofminstrel orburlesque shows.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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By that time the sediment in olio nuovo will have begun to oxidize in a dark pool at the bottom of the bottle, and the oil will become rancid.
Domestic Reserves 2006
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By that time the sediment in olio nuovo will have begun to oxidize in a dark pool at the bottom of the bottle, and the oil will become rancid.
Domestic Reserves 2006
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After each show there would be " a ten-minute ' olio ' segment, " with an actor or two coming out to perform their specialties.
You Eric Felten 2010
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We don ' t learn from Mr. Martin why actors and comedians refer to such little routines as " olio " acts.
You Eric Felten 2010
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Behind the tormentors is a curtain called the "olio," which fulfills the triple purpose of hiding the rest of the stage, serving as scenery for acts in One and often as a curtain to raise and lower on acts playing in the space back of One.
Writing for Vaudeville Brett Page
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"brightest eyes that ever have shone" glitter yet more gloriously, till in their nearer and dearer splendor a Chaldean would forget the stars; and the "sweetest lips that ever were kissed" sip the creaming Verzenay, or savor the delicate "olio," with a keener honesty of zest.
Border and Bastille 1851
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Cupboard love: Nigel Slater's classic spaghettini aglio e olio.
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Anyhow, my favorite quick/healthy/easy meal as of late is usually some sort of variation on the olio e aglio pasta (oil and garlic).
Weeknight Meal: Scrambled Pasta Candid Engineer 2009
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While the Kinshaya envoy, Patriarch Radrigi, remained conspicuously mute, the Gorn, Tholian, and Breen diplomats filled the room with a discordant olio of hisses, chirps and clicks, and electronic warbles.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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The simplest and most basic of all pasta suppers, spaghettini aglio e olio is made from ingredients most of us have in the cupboard.
whichbe commented on the word olio
Miscellany; potpourri. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008
yarb commented on the word olio
As, added he, now only ask your carrier what sort of a man I am. By all the powers of seasoning! I would defy the best cook in Madrid or Toledo to make an olio at all to be compared to mine.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 10 ch. 12
October 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word olio
Italian - oil.
November 1, 2008