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[syn: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mishmash
n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends,
oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash,
mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry,
omnium-gatherum]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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