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hodgepodge

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19
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21
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/ (UK)
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/ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/ (UK) · /ˈhɑd͡ʒˌpɑd͡ʒ/ (US)

Definition of hodgepodge

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.”
    “The entire section is a hodgepodge of ill-absorbed and ill-digested bits of information lifted in a haphazard fashion from the sources used with apparently no other goal in mind than to accumulate a list of items with some degree of resemblance to forms from Manding and Dravidian […]”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.”
    “The entire section is a hodgepodge of ill-absorbed and ill-digested bits of information lifted in a haphazard fashion from the sources used with apparently no other goal in mind than to accumulate a list of items with some degree of resemblance to forms from Manding and Dravidian […]”
  2. (countable, uncountable)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: […]”

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To move or position in an erratic, disorganized manner.

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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”).

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