hodgepodge English · revision 1968

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈhɒd͡ʒˌpɒd͡ʒ/ ''(UK)''; /ˈhɑd͡ʒˌpɑd͡ʒ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an alteration of [[hotchpotch]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from Middle English ''hochepot'',^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[bor|fro|hochepot|t=stew, soup]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from ''hocher'' “to shake”,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) of Germanic origin (compare Middle High German ''hotzen'' “to shake”),^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and ''pot''.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In Anglo-French law, the gathering of property into a common pot before dividing it equally (about 1290).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Middle English ''hotchpotch'' was a kind of stew, such as one of goose, herbs, spices and wine (1381),^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and from this a disorderly mixture or jumble (about 1390).^(Barnhart 1995) The form ''hodgepodge'' appears in the 15th century.^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) Random House dates ''hodgepodge'' to 1615–25.^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c1290 – legal term, property collected in a common pot.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1381 – a stew.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * c1390 – a jumble.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 15th century – ''hogpoch'', ''hodgepodge''.^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A mixture of unlike things; a jumble.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To arrange in a disorderly way.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hotchpotch]]

+ * [[hotchpot]]

+ * [[farrago]]

+ * [[medley]]

+ * [[pot]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}