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mishmash
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mish·mash
/
ˈmɪʃˌmɑʃ, -ˌmæʃ
/
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[
mish
-mahsh, -mash
]
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noun
a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble.
Also,
mish·mosh
/
ˈmɪʃˌmɒʃ
/
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[
mish
-mosh
]
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.
Origin:
1425–75;
late Middle English;
gradational formation based on
mash
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mishmash
(ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ)
—
n
a confused collection or mixture; hotchpotch
[C15: reduplication of
mash
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
mishmash
mid-15c., mysse-masche, probably an imitative reduplication of
mash
(1).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
The resulting packages are a
mishmash
of policy proposals.
Household rubbish presents special problems, since it is an unpredictable
mishmash
of all sorts of stuff.
Cutting and pasting also produces a
mishmash
of styles and teaching approaches,
creating confusion.
The rest of the column is a
mishmash
of half-truths and bald-faced lies.
And what he generates almost exclusively is a
mishmash
of mimicry.
But it has always been a
mishmash
of evolving and often conflicting ideas rather than a coherent creed.
But demos of both operating systems suggest that users could face a confusing
mishmash
of design ideas and interaction methods.
The roof is a balcony bar with a hot tub, and each balustrade upright is again a
mishmash
of tints and shades.
Not sure what you mean by this chaotic
mishmash
except for making it impossible to make a serious discussion.
What remains is an impossibly truncated
mishmash
of the land available for combat training.
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