mishmash
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mish·mash
(mĭsh′măsh′, -mäsh′)n.
A collection or mixture of unrelated things; a hodgepodge.
[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
[C15: reduplication of mash]
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mish•mash
(ˈmɪʃˌmɑʃ, -ˌmæʃ)also mish•mosh
(-ˌmɒʃ)n.
a confused mess.
[1425–75; gradational formation based on 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.
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| 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
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mishmash
nounA collection of various things:
assortment, conglomeration, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mélange, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, variety.
Slang: grab bag.
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mishmash
n → Mischmasch m
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