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词汇 hodgepodge
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Definition of hodgepodge in English:

hodgepodge

nounˈhɒdʒpɒdʒˈhɑdʒˌpɑdʒ
North American
  • A confused mixture; a hotchpotch.

    Rob's living room was a hodgepodge of modern furniture and antiques
    Synonyms
    mixture, mix, mixed bag, assortment, assemblage, collection, selection, jumble, ragbag, hotchpotch, miscellany, medley, patchwork, pot-pourri

Origin

Late Middle English: alteration of hotchpotch by association with Hodge.

  • hotchpotch from Late Middle English:

    In the late Middle Ages English acquired the word hotchpot for ‘a confused mixture’. It came from French hochepot, which was formed from hocher ‘to shake’ and pot ‘pot’. Hotchpot is still used in English law in the context of joining together all of a dead person's property so that it can be divided equally. In its everyday sense, though, people quickly changed it to hotchpotch, so that the elements rhymed for emphasis. The same rhyming impulses then changed it to hodgepodge, now mainly used in North America.

Definition of hodgepodge in US English:

hodgepodge

(British hotchpotch)
nounˈhɑdʒˌpɑdʒˈhäjˌpäj
North American
  • A confused mixture.

    Rob's living room was a hodgepodge of modern furniture and antiques
    Synonyms
    mixture, mix, mixed bag, assortment, assemblage, collection, selection, jumble, ragbag, hotchpotch, miscellany, medley, patchwork, pot-pourri

Origin

Late Middle English: alteration of hotchpotch by association with Hodge (a nickname for the given name Roger), an archaic British term used as a name for a typical agricultural worker.

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