hodgepodge
Plural: hodgepodges
Noun
- a motley assortment of things
- a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
- A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
- A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
Verb
- To move or position in an erratic, disorganized manner.
Examples
- His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
farrago, gallimaufry, hotchpotch, jumble, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, patchwork, ragbag, Whitman's sampler, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, galimatias, grab bag, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpot, job lot, macedoine, medley, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, olio, olla podrida, pastiche, patchwork quilt, potpourri, salmagundi, slurry, smorgasbord, welter
Scrabble Score: 19
hodgepodge: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhodgepodge: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hodgepodge: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary