hotchpotch

[ hoch-poch ]

noun

1. a thick soup or stew of vegetables or meat, often thickened with barley.
2. British. hodgepodge.
3. Law. a hotchpot.

hotchpotch

/ ˈhɒtʃˌpɒtʃ /

noun

1. a jumbled mixture
2. a thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables

Word History and Origins

Origin of hotchpotch¹

1350–1400; Middle English hoche poche, rhyming variant of hotchpot

Word History and Origins

Origin of hotchpotch¹

C15: a variant of hotchpot

Example Sentences

Whole volumes of that great hotchpotch of criticism are lost in the sandbanks of my treacherous memory for ever.

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The intellectual basis had been lulled to sleep by that hotchpotch of convention and largeness that we call the Victorian Era.

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The nature of the hotchpotch will be understood from a recital of some of its contents, in their chronological order.

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Many a poisonous hotchpotch hath evolved in our cellars: many an indescribable thing hath there been done.

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As old Simon said, his wife knew no rival in the art of preparing hotchpotch.

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Related Words

• stew