hotchpotch en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɒt͡ʃpɒt͡ʃ/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French hochepot, from hocher (“to shake”) + pot (“pot”); of Dutch or German origin. Compare Dutch hutspot.
Meanings
- The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, especially in the case of divorce or intestacy.
- (archaic) A kind of mutton broth with green peas instead of barley or rice.
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of hodgepodge (“miscellaneous collection”).
alt of hodgepodge
A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes.
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:The railways in Wales are a bizarre hotchpotch of lines which, remarkably, do not even allow for a journey between the lines in the south and those in the north without venturing across the border into England.
2019 December 18, Christian Wolmar, “Overdue investment and a better deal for Welsh railways”, in Rail, page 54:
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of hodgepodge (“mixture of ingredients”).
alt of hodgepodge
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hotchpotches | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hotch-pot | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hotchpot | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hotchpotz | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
melange · omnium-gatherum · farrago · oddments · hodgepodge · collation · ragbag · mishmash · mingle-mangle · odds and ends