hotchpotch
noun/ˈhɒtʃpɒtʃ/
/ˈhɑːtʃpɑːtʃ/
(especially British English) (North American English usually hodgepodge)
[singular] (informal)- a number of things mixed together without any particular order or reason
- a hotchpotch of ideas
Word Originlate Middle English: variant of hotchpot from Anglo-Norman French and Old French hochepot, from hocher ‘to shake’ (probably of Low German origin) + pot ‘pot’.Want to learn more?
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