hodgepodge
noun/ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/UK/ˈhɑd͡ʒˌpɑd͡ʒ/US
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”).
- derived from hutspot
- derived from hochepot
- inherited from hochepoche
Definitions
A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
- His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.
- MAn's life is but vain, for tis ſubject to pain, / and ſorrow, and ſhort as a buble; / 'tis a hodge podge of buſineſs, and mony and care, / and care, and mony, and trouble.
A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
- The little Pieces of Beef vvere like Plums in our Hodg-podg. Indeed 'tvvas not fit to be eaten any other vvay; for tho' it did not ſtink, yet it vvas very unſavory and black, vvithout the leaſt ſign of Fat in it: […]
To move or position in an erratic, disorganized manner.
The neighborhood
- synonymbouillabaisse
- synonymbric-a-brac
- synonymcatch-all
- synonymclamjamfrey
- synonymcocktail
- synonymrummage
- synonymanthology
- synonymgallery
- synonymcongeries
- synonymcrazyquilt
- synonymdisjecta membra
- synonymfarrago
- neighborgubbins
- neighborhiggledy-piggledy
- neighbormiscellaneous
- neighborpick 'n' mix
- neighborrando
- neighbordisorder
- neighborheterogeneous
- neighboruniformity
- neighborassortment
- neighborcollection
- neighborgroup
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hodgepodge. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA