A confused mixture; a medley, hotchpotch, or jumble; a muddle. Frequently with of.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a confused assemblage or mixture (21) mishmashc1475 A confused mixture; a medley, hotchpotch, or jumble; a muddle. Frequently with of. rabblement1539 A disorderly or disorganized collection; = rabble, n.1 3a 3b. Frequently with of. In later use chiefly poetic and rare. mingle-mangle1549 A mixture, a mishmash; a confused medley of things, ideas, persons, etc. bumble broth1572 A mess; a muddle. bumble-bath1595 Apparently: a bed or room in a brothel. Cf. bumble broth, n. 2. Obsolete. mash1601 figurative. A confused mixture; a muddle, a hash. Cf. mishmash, n. colluvies1647 figurative. Medley, rabble, hotchpotch. (So in Latin.) bumble1648 A confused, disorganized, or untidy collection of things; a jumble, a muddle, a mess. Frequently with of. farrago1650 A confused group; a medley, mixture, hotchpotch. of immaterial things. higgledy-piggledy1659 A confusion; a disorderly jumble. jumble1661 A confused or disorderly mixture or assemblage, a medley; also, disorder, muddle. farrage1698 = farrago, n. b. tumble1755 Tumbled condition; disorder, confusion, disturbance; a confused or tangled heap. pie1837 A jumble, a mess; a state of confusion. Now rare. Sargasso Sea1855 (see quot. 1855; also figurative). wirrwarra1866 A state of confusion or disorder; (also) a confused mass, a jumble. chop suey1888 A Chinese-style dish of meat or chicken, rice, onions, etc., fried in sesame-oil. Also figurative. dog's breakfast1892 (in early use only similative) a confused mess; = dog's dinner n. dog's dinner1902 (a) a confused or jumbled mess (cf. dog's breakfast n.); (b) dress or adornment that is over-elaborate or flashy (from like a (or the) dog's dinner… sargasso1934 figurative, esp. in sense ‘a confused or stagnant mass’. paella1939 figurative. A mixture; a miscellany. |
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