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Potpourri
potpourri
also pot-pourri, pot pourri (potpourris) 1. Potpourri is a mixture of dried petals and leaves from different flowers. Potpourri is used to make rooms smell pleasant. N-MASS 2. A potpourri of things is a collection of various different items which were not originally intended to form a group. ...a potpourri of architectural styles from all over the world. = miscellany N-SING: usu N of n
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noun Etymology: French pot pourri, literally, rotten pot Date: 1749 1. a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent 2. a miscellaneous collection ; medley a ~ of the best songs and sketches — Current Biography ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. ароматическая смесь из сухих цветочных лепестков, сухие духи 2. попурри 3. антология 4. сборная солянка; всякая всячина ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a mixture of pieces of dried flowers and leaves kept in a bowl to make a room smell pleasant 2 a mixture of things that are not usually put together, for example different pieces of music or writing (a potpourri of literary styles) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1611, "mixed meats served in a stew," from Fr. pot pourri "stew," lit. "rotten pot" (loan-translation of Sp. olla podrida), from pourri, pp. of pourrir "to rot," from L. putrescere "grow rotten" (see putrescent). Notion of "medley" led to meaning "mixture of dried flowers and spices," first recorded in Eng. 1749. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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