noun
potpourri
poh-puh-REE
noun
1
A mixture of dried, fragrant flowers and plant material, often kept in a bowl to scent a room.
"A bowl of potpourri sat on the hallway table."
2
A varied mixture or collection of different things.
"The show was a potpourri of music styles, from jazz to folk."
How to Use Potpourri
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither scented dried flowers for a room, or a mixed assortment of things in general.
Common pairings
bowl of potpourri
a potpourri of
Word Forms
potpourris plural
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Etymology
From French pot-pourri, literally 'rotten pot,' a translation of the Spanish olla podrida — originally the name of a stew, later applied to a mixture of anything.