sal·ma·gun·di noun alsosal·ma·gun·dy\ˌsalməˈgəndē, -di\ (-es) Etymology: French salmigondis 1.: a salad plate consisting of chopped or sliced meats, anchovies, hard-cooked eggs, pickled vegetables, olives, radishes, endive, and watercress that are arranged in rows for color and flavor contrast and dressed with a salad dressing 2.: a heterogeneous mixture : medley, potpourri < no salmagundi made of things, amusements, lust for power, can assuage our gnawing hunger to create — B.I.Bell >