Word Meanings - OMNIUM-GATHERUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley. Selden.

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• CONFUSIVE
  Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall.
• CONFUS
  Confused, disturbed. Chaucer.
• CONFUSE
  Mixed; confounded. Baret.
• CONFUSABILITY
  Capability of being confused.
• CONFUSEDNESS
  A state of confusion. Norris.
• MEDLEY
  1. Mixed; of mixed material or color. "A medlè coat." Chaucer. 2. Mingled; confused. Dryden.
• CONFUSION
  1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. Whewell. Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc
• CONFUSEDLY
  In a confused manner.
• CONFUSELY
  Confusedly; obscurely.
• MIXTURE
  A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved. (more info) 1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a
• CONFUSABLE
  Capable of being confused.
• MISCELLANEOUS
  Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. "A miscellaneous rabble." Milton. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n. (more info) fr. miscellus
• COLLECTION
  1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens. 2. That which is collected; as: A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons. "A collection of letters." Macaulay. A gathering of money for charitable
• COLLECTIONAL
  Of or pertaining to collecting. The first twenty-five must have been wasted for collectional purposes. H. A. Merewether.
• SELDEN
  Seldom. Chaucer.
• BORDEAUX MIXTURE
  A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.
• MISRECOLLECTION
  Erroneous or inaccurate recollection.
• RECOLLECTION
  1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance. 2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which
• INTERMIXTURE
  1. A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed. Boyle. 2. Admixture; an additional ingredient. In this height of impiety there wanted not an intermixture of levity and folly. Bacon.
• IMMIXTURE
  Freedom from mixture; purity. W. Montagu.
• INCONFUSED
  Not confused; distinct.
• COMMIXTURE
  1. The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound. In the commixture of anything that is more oily or sweet, such bodies are least apt to putrefy. Bacon. 2. The mass formed by mingling
• INCONFUSION
  Freedom from confusion; distinctness. Bacon.
• CHAUD-MEDLEY
  The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance- medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill.
• PRECOLLECTION
  A collection previously made.