Hodgepodge Definition

hŏjpŏj
hodge-podge
noun
A kind of stew.
Webster's New World
Any jumbled mixture; mess.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Hodgepodge

Noun

Singular:
hodgepodge
Plural:
hodgepodges

Origin of Hodgepodge

  • Alteration of Middle English hochepot from Old French stew hotchpot

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French hochepot, from hocher (“to shake”) + pot (“pot”)

    From Wiktionary

Hodgepodge Sentence Examples

  • You don't write a jejune collection of hodgepodge letters and numbers like these.

  • Instead, the trail was an illogical hodgepodge of unrelated sequences that had skipped forward until evaporating someplace west of Hays, Kansas.

  • The store's unusual comforters are a jubilant celebration of hodgepodge colors, artfully arranged to create a look worthy of any tropical environment.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOD

Words Ending With

EGEDGE

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