hodgepodge

[ hoj-poj ]

/ ˈhɒdʒˌpɒdʒ /

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noun

a heterogeneous mixture; jumble.

Nearby words

hodden, hodeida, hodge, hodge-podge, hodgenville, hodgepodge, hodges, hodgkin, hodgkin's disease, hodgkin, dorothy mary crowfoot, hodgkin, sir alan lloyd

Origin of hodgepodge

First recorded in 1615–25; variant of hotchpotch

SYNONYMS FOR hodgepodge

conglomeration, miscellany, muddle, mess.

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And the valley hosts a hodgepodge of homegrown Syrian-American groups—some with close ties to the government in Damascus.
Welcome to Assadville, USA|Christopher Moraff|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There has been radicalization on the left, as well: Pasok has jettisoned voters to a hodgepodge of communist parties.
Greece’s Election Supernova|John Psaropoulos|April 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He picked up the story from the “dayslot,” a hodgepodge of random topics disseminated by an editor.
The Truth Behind 'The Social Network'|Rebecca Davis O'Brien|September 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The New Deal, of course, was a hodgepodge of programs and as such, some of them failed and were damaging to the economy.
Was the New Deal a Bust?|Jeff Madrick|March 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Remember then, that all is recorded by God and conscience; and all this hodgepodge of vanity must be reviewed and answered for.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter
They were all talking together in a hodgepodge, some pointing this way, some that, for they had lost their way.
Tales from Tennyson|Molly K. Bellew
Thornton, listening to this hodgepodge of technicalities, was dismayed and distrustful.
The Man Who Rocked the Earth|Arthur Train
The Church was a hodgepodge of conflicting doctrines and ceremonial.
Cornish Characters|S. Baring-Gould
It was filled with a hodgepodge of papers, books, old clothes and bundles of linen.
L'Assommoir|Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for hodgepodge

hodgepodge

/ (ˈhɒdʒˌpɒdʒ) /

noun US and Canadian

a jumbled mixture

a thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables

Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): hotchpotch

Word Origin for hodgepodge

C15: variant of hotchpot

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Word Origin and History for hodgepodge

hodgepodge

also hodge podge, hodge-podge, early 15c., hogpoch, alteration of hotchpotch (late 14c.) "a kind of stew," especially "one made with goose, herbs, spices, wine, and other ingredients," earlier an Anglo-French legal term (late 13c.) meaning "collection of property in a common 'pot' before dividing it equally," from Old French hochepot "stew, soup," first element from hocher "to shake," from a Germanic source (cf. Middle High German hotzen "shake").

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