hodgepodge
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noun
a heterogeneous mixture; jumble.
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hodgepodge (ˈhɒdʒˌpɒdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a jumbled mixture |
| 2. | a thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables |
| [C15: variant of | |
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Hodgepodge
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| hotchpotch or esp (US and Canadian) hodgepodge (ˈhɒtʃˌpɒtʃ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a jumbled mixture |
| 2. | a thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables |
| [C15: a variant of | |
| hodgepodge or esp (US and Canadian) hodgepodge | |
| —n | |
| [C15: a variant of | |
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Word Origin & History
hodgepodge
1426 (hogpoch), alteration of hotchpotch (late 14c.), from a legal term in Anglo-Fr. (attested from 1292) for collecting of property in a common pot before dividing it, from O.Fr. hochepot "stew, soup," first element from hocher "to shake," from a Gmc. source (cf. M.H.G. hotzen "shake").
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Example sentences
Once a hodgepodge of stables and servants' quarters, the street is part of a neighborhood that is now mainly full of businesses.
The current landscape is a hodgepodge of vegetation.
She found, instead, a hodgepodge of prospectors from all walks of life.
The result was incomplete medical records populated with a hodgepodge of information about residents that was often out-of-date.
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