mishmash

See also: mish-mash

English

Alternative forms

• mish-mash, mishmosh

Etymology

Attested since the late 15th century, Middle English mysse masche, probably a reduplication of mash, although a Yiddish origin or influence has also been suggested. Cognates include Saterland Frisian Miskmask and German Mischmasch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æʃ

Noun

mishmash (plural mishmashes)

1. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hodgepodge

   • 2013 September 10, Michiko Kakutani, “A Calamity Tailor-Made for Internet Conspiracy Theories”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     As for Mr. Pynchon’s conjuring of millennial New York, it’s a total mishmash.

Translations

a collection of miscellany

• Bulgarian: миш-маш m (miš-maš)
• Catalan: poti-poti m, farrigo-farrago m
• Czech: mišmaš (cs) m, všehochuť (cs) f
• Dutch: mikmak (nl) m, allegaartje (nl) n
• Finnish: sekamelska (fi)
• French: méli-mélo (fr), mélimélo (fr) m
• Galician: maravalla (gl) f, miscelánea f
• German: Mischmasch (de) m
• Hebrew: מִישְׁמָשׁ m (míshmash)
• Hungarian: mismás (hu)
• Indonesian: rojak
• Irish: meascán m
• Latin: farrāgō f
• Limburgish: misjmasj (li) m
• Malay: rojak
• Plautdietsch: Mischmausch f, Wirwoa m
• Polish: miszmasz (pl)
• Portuguese: confusão (pt) f, mixórdia (pt) f, mistifório m
• Romanian: adunătură (ro) f
• Russian: вся́кая вся́чина (ru) f (vsjákaja vsjáčina)
• Spanish: amasijo (es) m, fárrago (es) m
• Swedish: mischmasch (sv) n
• Welsh: cymysgwch m
• Yiddish: מיש־⁠מאַש m (mish-⁠mash)

Verb

mishmash (third-person singular simple present mishmashes, present participle mishmashing, simple past and past participle mishmashed)

1. (transitive) To mix together, especially in a confused way.
2. (intransitive) To become mixed together.

Anagrams

• Shim Sham, shammish