mishmash

noun

mish·​mash ˈmish-ˌmash How to pronounce mishmash (audio)
-ˌmäsh

Examples of mishmash in a Sentence

the painting was just a mishmash of colors and abstract shapes as far as we could tell
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But the film is a total mess, start to finish: a mishmash of It and some military-thriller, monster-movie clichés culminating in a junky special-effects ending that barely makes sense. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025 But this mishmash of marble wasn’t a scam to get the wealthy Weddell to purchase a seemingly intact statue of Athena. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025 Scheduled in the Friday 8 p.m. hour, ratings plummeted and this mishmash of comedy and drama Brady style was canceled after just six episodes. Marc Berman, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Despite its mishmash design, the show is fun and finely tuned, and its structure of building each episode towards a classic game of Deal or No Deal is kind of ingenious. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mishmash

Word History

Etymology

Middle English & Yiddish; Middle English mysse masche, perhaps reduplication of mash mash; Yiddish mish-mash, perhaps reduplication of mishn to mix

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mishmash was in the 15th century

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“Mishmash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishmash. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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mishmash

noun
mish·​mash ˈmish-ˌmash How to pronounce mishmash (audio)
-ˌmäsh
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