| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| olla podrida |
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| SYLLABICATION: | olla po·dri·da |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p -dr  d |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. olla po·dri·das also ollas po·dri·das
1. A stew of highly seasoned meat and vegetables. 2. An assorted mixture; a miscellany: “All the conversations were in English . . . the whole olla podrida spiced with the latest gossip” (William Pearson). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish : olla, olla; see olla + podrida, feminine of podrido, rotten (from Latin putridus; see putrid).
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