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potpourri

n.
US //ˌpoʊpʊˈɹi// UK //pˈɒtpɔːɹˌi// pot·pour·ri
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Origin

From French pot-pourri (“stew, potpourri”), a calque of Spanish olla podrida (“stew”, literally “rotten pot”). Doublet of olla podrida.

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