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hodgepodge

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/ / /ˈhɑd͡ʒˌpɑd͡ʒ/

noun

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”).

  1. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

    His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.

    MAn's life is but vain, for tis ſubject to pain, / and ſorrow, and ſhort as a buble; / 'tis a hodge podge of buſineſs, and mony and care, / and care, and mony, and trouble.

  2. A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.

    The little Pieces of Beef vvere like Plums in our Hodg-podg. Indeed 'tvvas not fit to be eaten any other vvay; for tho' it did not ſtink, yet it vvas very unſavory and black, vvithout the leaſt ſign of Fat in it: […]

verb

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”).

  1. To move or position in an erratic, disorganized manner.