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noun
a heterogeneous mixture; jumble.
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Hodgepodge
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example Sentences
- At times, the resulting hodgepodge can be disconcerting.
- It is an example of how, struggling to get out of this hodgepodge of a book, there are some sensible ideas.
- Epidexipteryx's anatomy seems to be a hodgepodge of features taken from a variety of animals.
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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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