hodgepodge
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hodgepodge (countable and uncountable, plural hodgepodges)
- A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
- Synonyms: farrago, melange, mishmash; see also Thesaurus:hodgepodge
- His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.
- 1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler
- Man's life is but vain, for 'tis subject to pain, / And sorrow, and short as a bubble; / 'Tis a hodge-podge of business, and money, and care, / And care, and money, and trouble.
- A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
Translations
[edit]collection of miscellaneous things; a jumble
Verb
[edit]hodgepodge (third-person singular simple present hodgepodges, present participle hodgepodging, simple past and past participle hodgepodged)
- (transitive, intransitive) To move or position in an erratic, disorganised manner.
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