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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

Noun

a confused collection or mixture [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"

Translations

mishmash [ˈmɪʃmæʃ] n (col) → revoltijo

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

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mishmash [ˈmɪʃmæʃ] (inf) n → Mischmasch m

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mishmash [ˈmɪʃmæʃ] n (col) → minestrone m; guazzabuglio