hodgepodge
Meanings
Plural: hodgepodges
Noun
- a motley assortment of things
- a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
- A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
- A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
Verb
- To move or position in an erratic, disorganized manner.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English hochepoche, a variation of hochepot, from Old French hochepot, from Middle Dutch hutspot (“beef or mutton cut into small pieces and mixed and boiled together in a pot”), from hotsen, hutsen (“to shake; jog; jolt”) + pot (“pot”), equivalent to hotch + pot. Compare German Low German Hüttspott (“hodgepodge”).
Synonyms
bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, galimatias, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpot, hotchpotch, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, motley, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, salmagundi, slurry, smorgasbord, welter, Whitman's sampler
Scrabble Score: 19
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