disorderly mixture
1Mischmasch — was a periodical that Lewis Carroll wrote and illustrated for the amusement of his family from 1855 to 1862. It is notable for containing the earliest version of the poem Jabberwocky , which Carroll would later expand and publish in Through the… …
2crazyquilt — crazy quilt n. 1. A patchwork quilt of pieces of cloth of various shapes, colors, and sizes, sewn together in an irregular pattern. 2. A disorderly mixture; a hodgepodge: The map was a crazy quilt of districts and precincts. * * * …
3dog's breakfast — Chiefly Canadian Slang. a disorderly mixture; hodgepodge. [1935 40] * * * …
4welter — 1. noun general confusion; disorderly mixture; aimless effort; as, a welter of papers and magazines 2. verb a) to …
5cluttered — adjective Scattered with a disorderly mixture of objects; littered …
6promiscuous — (adj.) c.1600, consisting of a disorderly mixture of people or things, from L. promiscuus mixed, indiscriminate, from pro forward (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + miscere to mix (see MIX (Cf. mix) (v.)). Meaning indiscriminate in sexual relations first… …
7jumble — I. v. a. Mix confusedly, throw together in disorder, confuse, mix up, huddle. II. n. Disorder, confusion, hodge podge, hotch potch, gallimaufry, olio, olla podrida, confused mass, disorderly mixture …
8dog's breakfast — noun a poor job; a mess they made a real dog s breakfast of that job • Syn: ↑dog s dinner • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of …
9welter — 1. v. & n. v.intr. 1 roll, wallow; be washed about. 2 (foll. by in) lie prostrate or be soaked or steeped in blood etc. n. 1 a state of general confusion. 2 (foll. by of) a disorderly mixture or contrast of beliefs, policies, etc. Etymology: ME f …
10hodge|podge — «HOJ POJ», noun. 1. a disorderly mixture; mess; jumble: »Her room was a hodgepodge of things strewn all over the floor. The result has been a hodgepodge of misinformation (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). So now they have made our English tongue… …
