olio

noun, plural o·li·os.

1. a dish of many ingredients.
2. Informal. olla podrida(def 2).
3. a mixture of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge.
4. a medley or potpourri, as of musical or literary selections; miscellany.
5. Theater.
   1. a specialty act performed downstage while the upstage set is changed.
   2. a performance, as a musical number, presented between scenes or acts.
   3. drop scene(def 1).
   4. a program of variety acts, especially the second half of a minstrel show.

noun plural olios

1. a dish of many different ingredients
2. a miscellany or potpourri

n.medley dish of Iberian origin, 1640s, from Spanish olla, Portuguese olha, both from Vulgar Latin olla “pot, jar.” Sense transferred to “any mixture or medley.”