hotchpotch
noun
Synonyms
- agglomerate
- agglomeration
- alphabet soup
- assortment
- botch
- clutter
- collage
- crazy quilt
- farrago
- gallimaufry
- grab bag
- gumbo
- hash
- hodgepodge
- jambalaya
- jumble
- jungle
- litter
- macédoine
- medley
- mélange
- menagerie
- miscellanea
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- montage
- motley
- muddle
- olio
- olla podrida
- omnium-gatherum
- pastiche
- patchwork
- patchwork quilt
- potpourri
- ragbag
- ragout
- rummage
- salad
- salmagundi
- scramble
- shuffle
- smorgasbord
- stew
- tumble
- variety
- welter
Examples of hotchpotch in a Sentence
Henry Flynn, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
Rather, members of the country’s single biggest religious group vote along a hotchpotch of social and demographic lines.
—The Economist, 25 Apr. 2020
In any case, an all-populist coalition could give itself a limited mandate to alter Italy’s hotchpotch of an electoral law, enact a few popular reforms and then go back to the country.
—The Economist, 27 Mar. 2018
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Word History
Middle English hochepot, from Anglo-French, from hocher to shake + pot pot
1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Hotchpotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotchpotch. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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hotchpotch
noun
Middle English hochepot "mixed stew," derived from early French hochepot (same meaning), from hocher "to shake" and pot "pot, container" see Word History at hodgepodge
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