olio of essays
- noun
- /ˈoʊliˌoʊ əv ˈɛseɪz/
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colección de ensayos
- His published works include an olio of essays that cover philosophy, art, and personal experiences.
Examples
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The anthology is an olio of essays by both established and emerging writers.
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She compiled an olio of essays reflecting her journeys across three continents.
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The new olio of essays features various authors.
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Did you read the latest olio of essays by local writers?
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His published works include an olio of essays that cover philosophy, art, and personal experiences.
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She compiled an olio of essays reflecting her journeys across three continents.
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The anthology is an olio of essays by both established and emerging writers.
How Diverse
Surface Forms
Morphology
The headword 'olio' means a miscellany or hodgepodge, so combined with 'of essays' the phrase straightforwardly denotes a miscellany made up of essays. The 'X of Y' compositional pattern is a basic, cross-linguistic noun + of + noun construction, so a learner who knows the constituent words can derive the meaning easily (even though 'olio' itself is relatively rare).
Etymology
Olio of essays comes from olio, a word once used for a cooking pot or a stew made from many different ingredients. Picture a pot where lots of things are mixed together, so an olio of essays means a 'mixture' or varied collection of short writings.