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potpourris Definition


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potpourri
noun potpourris
    1. A fragrant mixture of dried flowers, leaves, etc placed in containers and used to scent rooms.
    2. A medley or mixture.
      Thesaurus: mixture, combination, medley, blend, hodgepodge, patchwork, salad, collection, mélange, jumble, olio, pastiche, miscellany, mixed bag.
    3. A collection of old tunes.
Etymology: 18c in sense 1; 17c in obsolete sense ‘a dish of different kinds of meat': French, literally ‘rotten pot'.



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