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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum]
2: a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas [syn: patchwork, hodgepodge, jumble]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of hotchpotch Date: 15th century a heterogeneous mixture ; jumble <a hodgepodge of styles>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. = HOTCHPOTCH 1, 3. Etymology: ME, assim. to HODGE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hodgepodge Hodge"podge`, n. A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. --Johnson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also hodge-podge A hodgepodge is an untidy mixture of different types of things. (mainly AM INFORMAL; in BRIT, usually use hotch-potch) ...a hodgepodge of maps, small tools, and notebooks. = jumble N-SING: usu with supp, oft N of n

Moby Thesaurus

all sorts, arsy-varsiness, assemblage, assortment, broad spectrum, clutter, collectanea, conglomerate, conglomeration, farrago, gallimaufry, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hotchpot, hotchpotch, hysteron proteron, jumble, litter, magpie, mash, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, stew, sundries, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, tumble, turmoil, unholy mess, variety, welter, what you will