hodgepodge
/ˈhɑd͡ʒˌpɑd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.38 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
To move or position in an erratic, disorganized manner.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The entire section is a hodgepodge of ill-absorbed and ill-digested bits of information lifted in a haphazard fashion from the sources used with apparently no other goal in mind than to accumulate a list of items with some degree of resemblance to forms from Manding and Dravidian […]"
- "For many years the furniture in my house was a hodgepodge of hand-me-downs, thrift store finds, IKEA, and a handful of things I had built."
- "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: […]"
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɑd͡ʒˌpɑd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/