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ˈoʊ liˌoʊolio

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Wiktionary

  1. olionoun

    A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables.

  2. olionoun

    A mixture or medley, a hotchpotch.

  3. olionoun

    A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany.

  4. olionoun

    By extension of the above, Vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of minstrel or burlesque shows.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Olionoun

    A mixture; a medly. See Oglio.

    Etymology: olla, Span.

    Ben Johnson, in his Sejanus and Cataline, has given us this olio of a play, this unnatural mixture of comedy and tragedy. John Dryden, on Dram. Poetry.

    I am in a very chaos to think I should so forget myself.
    But I have such an olio of affairs, I know not what to do. William Congreve, Way of the World.

Wikidata

  1. Olio

    Olio is an album by Italian singer Mina, issued in 1999. The album includes a bilingual version of the Shakespears Sister song "Stay" sung as a duet with Piero Pelù. Another notable track is "Canto largo" which has been used as the opening theme of the long-running Italian soap opera Vivere.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Olio

    ō′li-ō, n. a savoury dish of different sorts of meat and vegetables: a mixture: a medley, literary miscellany. [Sp. olla—L. olla, a pot.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of olio in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of olio in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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