|
|
Definition of Hotchpotch
1. Noun. A motley assortment of things.
Generic synonyms: Assortment, Miscellanea, Miscellany, Mixed Bag, Mixture, Motley, Potpourri, Salmagundi, Smorgasbord, Variety
2. Noun. A stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables.
Definition of Hotchpotch
1. Noun. (dated or obsolete) A hodgepodge; a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hotchpotch
1. [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Hotchpotch
1. 1. A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge. "A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes." (Bacon) 2. A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalising the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given. This term has been applied in cases of salvage. Story. It corresponds in a measure with collation in the civil and Scotch law. See Collation. Origin: F. Hochepot, fr. Hocher to shake + pot pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. Hutspot hotchpotch, D. Hotsen, hutsen, to shake. See Hustle, and Pot, and cf. Hodgepodge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hotchpotch
Literary usage of Hotchpotch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"... dish is— \ sort of soup, or broth, or brew, Or hotchpotch of all sorts of
fishes, That Greenwich never could outdo : Green herbe, red peppers, mussels, ..."
2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1792)
"... is not an advancement to be brought into hotchpotch, (for a cafe may happen,
... for maintenance and education is not to be brought ¡uto hotchpotch. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"hotchpotch is a still more energetic expression of the confusion of the collection
.... A mash'd heap, a hotchpotch of the slain. Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's ..."
4. Probate Law and Practice: A Treatise on Wills, Succession, Administration by Peter V. Ross (1909)
"... and must be taken by the heir toward his share of the estate, [a] The rule,
however, that an heir must bring his advancement into hotchpotch does not ..."
5. Primitive Property by Emile de Laveleye, Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie (1878)
"We can see here the struggle commencing between economic ideas and the archaic
forms of property.—hotchpotch, the Flemish ..."
Other Resources:
