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hodge-podgey

hodge-podgey adjective: mixed up, jumbled.

Adjective

hodge-podgey (comparative hodge-podgier, superlative hodge-podgiest)

  1. mixed up, jumbled
    • Ten years hence, when critics look back to acknowledge the American playwright of this hodge-podgey decade most likely to succeed O'Neill, Williams, and Albee in our 20th century dramatic heritage, one of the prime candidates will be John Guare.1977 April 9, Don Shewey, “Guare's Rich and Famous”, in Gay Community News, page 11

Forms of hodge-podgey

comparativehodge-podgier
superlativehodge-podgiest

Questions about hodge-podgey

What does hodge-podgey mean?
Hodge-podgey means mixed up, jumbled.
What part of speech is hodge-podgey?
Hodge-podgey is an adjective.

Words near hodge-podgey in the dictionary

  1. Hodge stars
  2. Hodge theory
  3. Hodge-de Rham spectral sequence
  4. hodge-podge
  5. hodge-podges
  6. hodge-podgey
  7. Hodgeman County
  8. Hodgen
  9. Hodgens
  10. Hodgenses
  11. Hodgenville

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