figurative. = hotchpotch, n. 1.

A heterogeneous mass or agglomeration; a medley, farrago, gallimaufrey.

= omnium gatherum, n. 1.

A confused mixture; a medley, hotchpotch, or jumble; a muddle. Frequently with of.

Meal made from dried split peas. Also figurative: †a hotchpotch, a mess (obsolete).

Chiefly colloquial. A gathering or collection of all sorts of people or things; a catch-all, an inclusive group or category. In early use, also…

The action of mingling; the state of being mixed or mingled; mixture. Also concrete: a mingled mass, a mixture. Now rare.

A confused mixture of disparate things; a medley, a jumble.

A mixture, a mishmash; a confused medley of things, ideas, persons, etc.

transferred and figurative. A heterogeneous mixture, a confused jumble, a ridiculous medley.

gen. A miscellany or medley; esp. a muddled collection of words, ideas, etc. Now rare.

A mixture of disparate ingredients; a concoction.

Confusion, disorder; indiscriminate mingling. Also: an instance of this; a confused mixture or throng; a hand-to-hand fight, a mêlée. Now rare.

figurative or in figurative contexts, esp. a strange medley in talk or action; confusion, nonsense.

A mingled, confused, or vast assemblage or collection of persons or things. (Usually coloured by other senses; in reference to a growth of plants…

figurative.

An incongruous, multifarious, or confused mixture or assembly. Frequently with of.

A jumble or medley. rare.

A combination, mixture. A heterogeneous or miscellaneous combination or mixture (of things); a jumble or hotchpotch; a mixed company (of people of…

A diverse mixture of things or elements; spec. a mixture of different languages. Cf. olio, n. 2.

A confused group; a medley, mixture, hotchpotch. of material things or of persons. Obsolete.

Patching together; concrete anything patched up, a heterogeneous combination.

figurative. A hotchpotch, a jumble, a mess. Also: something (esp. an idea, opinion, etc.) without structure or substantial content; something dull or…

figurative. Any mixture of many heterogeneous elements; a hotchpotch, medley, jumble. Frequently with of.

figurative. Any mixture of many heterogeneous elements; a hotchpotch, a medley. Cf. olio, n. 2. Obsolete.

gen. A mixture, combination, or blend; a collection of heterogeneous items or elements; a hotchpotch, a medley.

A jumbled mixture of incongruous things; a jumble, muddle; a mess. Frequently in to make a hash of: to make jumbled or muddled in attempting to…

A confused or disorderly mixture or assemblage, a medley; also, disorder, muddle.

= farrago, n. b.

A kind of dish (see quot.); figurative a cooked-up story, hash, medley.

transferred. Any mixture of heterogeneous elements. rare.

transferred and figurative.

A confused mixture, a hotchpotch; a mess.

Meal made by grinding peas; = peasemeal, n.

= olla podrida, n. 2.

A confused or heterogeneous mixture; an assortment, a jumble. Cf. mishmash, n.

A medley or mixture of unrelated things.

figurative. A repository for a variety of (typically useless) items. Also: a miscellaneous or muddled collection of things.

figurative and extended uses of sense 1a. An eclectic mixture or miscellaneous assortment; a mishmash. Cf. to make a haggis of at phrases. Now…

A miscellaneous set of goods bought together (frequently cheaply and with a view to selling them on separately at a profit). Also in extended…

A general mixture; a miscellaneous collection; a salmagundi.

figurative. A mixture of various materials or elements, clustered together without assimilation.

figurative. A diverse collection or assortment of people or things; a miscellany, a mixture.

n. A mixture or medley of any sort; e.g. mixed pickles or preserves. Also, food of any kind. India and China.

figurative.

A work, esp. of literature, created in the style of someone or something else; a work that humorously exaggerates or parodies a particular style.

A mixture of languages used in macaronic verse. Obsolete.

A diverse or heterogeneous assortment of people or things. Also figurative.

figurative.

= mixed bag, n.

British. An assortment; a miscellany; = ragbag, n. 2.

Also more fully mulligan stew. A stew made from odds and ends of food. Also figurative: a mixture, jumble, hotchpotch.