Potpourri

Definition: Potpourri

Potpourri

Noun

1. A collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders".

2. A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources.

3. A jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "potpourri" was first used: 1611. (references)

Etymology: Potpourri \Pot`pour`ri"\, noun. [French expression, from pot pot pourri, past participle of pourrir to rot, from Latin expression putrere. Compare to Olla-podrida.]. (references)

Synonyms: Potpourri

Mixture

Alloy, amalgam; brass, chowchow, pewter; magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts; jumble; (disorder); salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn; mosaic; (variegation).

Crosswords: Potpourri

German (medley, medly, potpourri), Hungarian (pot pourri), Portuguese (potpourri).

One man's toxic waste is another man's potpourri. (How the Grinch Stole Christmas; writing credit: Jeffrey Price)

Potpourri (1972)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Georgia Bonesteel's Patchwork Potpourri (reference)

• Making Potpourri (reference)

• Making Potpourri, Colognes, and Soaps (reference)

• The Art of Painting on Silk: Potpourri (reference)

• The Potpourri Gardener (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Political Potpourri (reference)

• Potpourri (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Celebrate with Potpourri (reference)

• Hooked On Fly Tying, HDT10 Dick's Potpourri of Favorite Flies (reference)

• Potpourri of Techniques (Master Artisans: Polymer Clay) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Potpourri [DTS SURROUND SOUND] (reference)

• Classical Potpourri (reference)

• Potpourri (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Rival Potpourri Crock (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Business

Crabtree & Evelyn, which has offices in the U.K. and the U.S., sell a wide range of food items such as biscuits, preserves and tea, toiletries and home fragrance accessories such as potpourri and fragrance oils. Their popular items during Christmas are mainly food items followed by toiletries and home fragrance products which can be packed in gift baskets. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

potpuri (fantasia), lule të thara dhe erëza. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مقتطفات أدبية, ‏مجففات, ‏لحن خليط (medley), ‏خليط من أوراق الورد. (various references)

Bulgarian 

литературни откъси, потпури (medley, mosaic, olio, pasticcio, pastiche). (various references)

Dutch

hutspot (pot-pourri). (various references)

Esperanto

mikspoto (pot-pourri). (various references)

Farsi 

محفظه عطر, مخلوطدرهم وبرهم , تنوع (Diversity, Intermezzo, Variety, Versatility), عطرگل . (various references)

French

pot-pourri, fleurs séchées. (various references)

German

potpourri (medley, medly), kunterbunte mischung, duftsträuschen, bunte mischung. (various references)

Greek 

ποικιλία μίγμα, ποικιλία (choice, diversity, kind, miscellaneousness, miscellany, sundries, variety, variety of, variousness). (various references)

Hebrew 

תערובת פרחים. (various references)

Indonesian

bunga rampai (anthology). (various references)

Italian

pot-pourri (hodgepodge). (various references)

Pig Latin

otpourripay.(various references)

Portuguese

potpourri. (various references)

Romanian

potpuri, amestecãturã (congeries, hotchpotch, mash, medley, motley, patchwork, pell mell, pie, promiscuity, puddle). (various references)

Russian 

смесь (amalgam, blend, chow-chow, collectanea, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concoction, farrago, hotchpotch, interfusion, intermixture, jumble, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixture, olio, pasticcio, pastiche, salmagundi), ароматическая смесь, попурри (medley, motley, olio, pastiche, pot-pourri). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

potpuri (medley), rukovet (olio). (various references)

Spanish

popurrí (medley), pebete (fuse, fuze), olla podrida. (various references)

Swedish

potpurri (medley, olio, pastiche). (various references)

Turkish

potpuri (medley, olio), seçmeler (analects, anthology, omnibus, qualifying round, selection), kurutulmuş kokulu çiçekler, karışım (admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combo, commixture, concoction, farrago, hodgpodge, hotchpotch, intermixture, medley, melange, mix, mixture), derleme (collected work, collected works, collection, compilation, composition, digest, eclectic, Garland, gleanings, miscellany, olio). (various references)

Ukrainian

попурі (medley, mosaic, motley, olio, pasticcio, pastiche). (various references)

putrescere. (various references)

pot pourri. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "potpourri": potpourris. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Potpourri" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Papoura, popourri, Poshpura, potourri, potporri, potpouri, potpourr, potpurri, poupourri. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: purport.

-3 letters: irrupt, torpor, uproot.

-4 letters: poori, prior, rotor, topoi, troop.

-5 letters: poop, poor, port, pour, pout, prop, puri, purr, riot, root, roti, roto, roup, rout, tiro, topi, tori, toro, torr, tour, trio, trip, trop.

+1 letter: potpourris.

+4 letters: preproduction.

+5 letters: preproductions.