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om|ni|um-gath|er|um
om|ni|um-gath|er|um «OM nee uhm GATH uhr uhm», noun.
a miscellaneous collection; confused mixture. SYNONYM(S): medley.
[< Latin omnium of all, genitive plural of omnis + gatherum, a Latinization coined from English gather]

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