Italian Word of the Day:

"Accozzaglia"

Accozzaglia denotes “a strange, messy and often unpleasant assortment of things or people”.

The meaning of today's Italian word

Some possible translations include jumble, mix, mishmash or hodgepodge (when talking about things) or rabble and mob (when talking about people).

The meaning of today's Italian word

It derives from the verb accozzare (to mix together, to throw together), which in turn comes from cozzare (to collide, to butt heads).

Origin of the Italian word of the day

Example sentence:

C’era un’accozzaglia di giovani davanti al locale.

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There was a rabble of youngsters in front of the pub.

Here are a couple of other examples of how accozzaglia is used in context: – un’accozzaglia di idee = a mix of ideas – un’accozzaglia di cose inutili = a hodgepodge of useless things

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