sundry
A minor miscellaneous itemA minor miscellaneous item.
» Finally he invited all and sundry to partake of the cake and all.
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3 senses(in the plural)A minor miscellaneous item.
A minor miscellaneous item.
(in the plural)A food item eaten as an accompaniment to a meal; a side dish; also, such an item eaten on its own as a light meal.
(Australia, in the plural)Synonym of extra (“a run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat”).
Examples
2 sentencesFinally he invited all and sundry to partake of the cake and all.
I recommend this movie to all and sundry. It is genuinely interesting.
ruЯ всем и каждому советую этот фильм. Он по-настоящему интересный. — odexed
Origin
The adjective is derived from Middle English sondri, sondry, syndry (“individually; occasiThe adjective is derived from Middle English sondri, sondry, syndry (“individually; occasionally; separately; variously”) [and other forms], from Old English syndriġ (“alone, distinct, separate, single; sundry, various; concerning a single person, own, particular, peculiar, private; exceptional, remarkable, set apart, special; (distributive) one each”) [and other forms], from sundor (“differently; privately; separate, separately”) (from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“alone, isolated; separate”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart; for oneself; without”)) + -iġ (“suffix forming adjectives”). The English word is analysable as sunder + -y.
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