mishmash

mish·mash  (mshmsh, -mäsh)

n.

A collection or mixture of unrelated things; a hodgepodge.

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[Middle English misse-masche, probably reduplication of mash, soft mixture; see mash.]

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mishmash [ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ]

n

a confused collection or mixture; hotchpotch

[reduplication of mash]

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Mishmash a confused mixture, c. 1450; a mingle or hotch-potch; “a low word”—Johnson, 1755. See also jumble, medley.

Examples: mishmash of conceits and practices, 1676; of superannuated customs, 1876; of vile and wretched persons, 1600; of worshipping, 1860.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mishmash - a motley assortment of things         farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"

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mishmash

noun jumble, medley, hash, potpourri, farrago, hotchpotch, salmagundi, gallimaufry a bizarre mishmash of colours and patterns

Translations

mishmash [ˈmɪʃmæʃ] N → revoltijo m, batiburrillo m

mishmash [ˈmɪʃmæʃ] n (= hodgepodge) → fatras m, méli-mélo m

mishmash

n → Mischmasch m

mishmash [ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ] n (fam) → minestrone m, guazzabuglio