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mishmash
[
mish
-mahsh
,
-mash
]
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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
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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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