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Olio

Olio \O"li*o\ ([=o]"l[i^]*[-o] or [=o]l"y[-o]), n. [Sp. olla a round earthen pot, a dish of boiled or stewed meat, fr. L. olla a pot, dish. Cf. Olla, Olla-podrida.]

  1. A dish of stewed meat of different kinds. [Obs.]

    Besides a good olio, the dishes were trifling.
    --Evelyn.

  2. A mixture; a medley.
    --Dryden.

  3. (Mus.) A collection of miscellaneous pieces.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
olio

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."

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olio

n. 1 A rich, thick, Spanish stew consisting of meat and vegetables. 2 A mixture or medley, a hotchpotch. 3 A collection of various musical, theatrical or other artistic works; a miscellany. 4 By extension of the above, vaudeville or similar miscellaneous musical or theatrical entertainment skits presented between the main acts of minstrel or burlesque shows.

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Olio

Olio may refer to:

  • Olio is an English name for the Spanish stew also known as Olla podrida
  • Aglio e olio, an Italian pasta dish
  • Aglio e Olio, an EP by the Beastie Boys, released in 1995
  • Nancy Dell'Olio (or Annunziata Dell'Olio), Italian property lawyer who attained fame as the girlfriend of former England national football team coach Sven-Göran Eriksson
  • olio, meaning oil in Italian and also an old term for an English oil-based dressing for food
  • "Olio", a song by the Rapture on their albums Echoes and Mirror
  • olio (musical number), meaning a short dance or song performed as musical encore after the performance of a dramatic play. This was common on showboats in the 19th century.
  • Olio (Mina album), 1999
  • Olio (Thad Jones album), an album released in 1957 by the Prestige All Stars
  • Olio Township, Woodford County, Illinois, USA
  • Ponte dell'Olio, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna
  • Olio drop, a kind of theater curtain
  • Olio (app), a food-sharing service
Olio (Mina album)

Olio is an album by Italian singer Mina, issued in 1999.

The album includes a bilingual version of the Shakespears Sister song " Stay" sung as a duet with Piero Pelù.

Another notable track is "Canto largo" which has been used as the opening theme of the long-running Italian soap opera Vivere.

Olio (musical number)

An olio is a Vaudeville number, short dance or song, or a set of same, performed as an encore after the performance of a dramatic play. It can also be defined as a collection of various artistic or literary works or musical pieces used between acts in a burlesque or minstrel show. This was common on showboats in the 19th and early 20th century.

Olio (Thad Jones album)

Olio is an album by the Prestige All Stars nominally led by trumpeter Thad Jones recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label.

Usage examples of "olio".

The scent was an intoxicating olio of candies rare and common, old and cutting edge.

Sedette al tavolo da disegno e iniziò un bozzetto a matita, uno studio preliminare per un olio a cui pensava da tempo.

E non lo eseguo con uria matita, ma con un pennello sottile e solo un po' di colore a olio spremuto sul piatto, in genere terra d'ombra naturale o terra di Siena bruciata.

Mi era costata tanto olio di gomito, potete esserne certi, ed ora non mi restava che metterla in mare.

For the invention of the latter, I think the commonwealth of learning is chiefly obliged to the great modern improvement of digressions: the late refinements in knowledge, running parallel to those of diet in our nation, which among men of a judicious taste are dressed up in various compounds, consisting in soups and olios, fricassees, and ragouts.

Compro i migliori che si trovano in commercio, e li uso direttamente come escono dal tubetto, visto che in genere già contengono olio più che a sufficienza.