hotchpotch

From French hochepot, from hocher (“to shake”) + pot (“pot”); of Dutch or German origin. Compare Dutch hutspot.

hotchpotch (plural hotchpotches)

1. A hodgepodge; a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
   • Francis Bacon

     A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes.

2. (civil law) The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, especially in the case of divorce or intestacy

   Synonym: collation

3. A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.
4. (archaic) A kind of mutton broth with green peas instead of barley or rice.

• farrago, hodgepodge, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
• See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge

• hotchpot