Mishmash

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mishmash \Mish"mash`\, n. [Cf. G. mish-mash, fr. mischen to
     mix.]
     A hodgepodge or hotchpotch; a confused jumble. [Also spelled
     {mishmosh}.] --Sir T. Herbert.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mishmash
       n : a motley assortment of things [syn: {odds and ends}, {oddments},
            {melange}, {farrago}, {ragbag}, {hodgepodge}, {mingle-mangle},
            {hotchpotch}, {omnium-gatherum}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "mishmash":
     all sorts, arsy-varsiness, assemblage, assortment, broad spectrum,
     clutter, conglomeration, farrago, gallimaufry, goulash, hash,
     helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hodgepodge, hotchpot,
     hotchpotch, hysteron proteron, jumble, jungle, litter, magpie,
     mash, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mix,
     mixed bag, mixture, muddle, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida,
     omnium gatherum, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork,
     potpourri, rummage, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, stew,
     tangle, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, tumble, turmoil,
     unholy mess, welter, what you will