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mengelmoes — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hodgepodge noun A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
  • jumble verb To mix things up in a disorganised or confused way.
  • motley adj Made up of a wildly varied, often mismatched, mix of elements or people.
  • pastiche noun A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.

Senses

mengelmoes is used for these senses in English:

  • hodgepodge A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
  • jumble A mixture of often unrelated things.
  • motley An incongruous mixture.
  • pastiche An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.

hodgepodge — full definition

  1. noun A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
  2. noun A confused mass of ingredients shaken or mixed together in the same pot.

jumble — full definition

  1. verb To mix things up in a disorganised or confused way.
  2. noun A confused mix of things.

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