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1.
in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter.
adjective
2.
confused; jumbled.
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Higgledy-piggledy
has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
| given to using long words. |
Origin:
1590–1600; rhyming compound of uncertain origin
1590–1600; rhyming compound of uncertain origin
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Word Origin & History
higgledy-piggledy
1598, probably formed from pig and the animal's suggestions of mess and disorder.
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