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hig⋅gle⋅dy-pig⋅gle⋅dy

  [hig-uhl-dee-pig-uhl-dee]
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–adverb
1. in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter.
–adjective
2. confused; jumbled.
Origin:
1590–1600; rhyming compound of uncert. orig.
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hig·gle·dy-pig·gle·dy   (hĭg'əl-dē-pĭg'əl-dē)   
adv.  In utter disorder or confusion: "There is something delightfully and liberatingly ludicrous about parading higgledy-piggledy in a line of walkers of all shapes and sizes" (Christa Worthington).
adj.  Topsy-turvy; jumbled.

[Origin unknown.]
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Word Origin & History

higgledy-piggledy 
1598, probably formed from pig and the animal's suggestions of mess and disorder.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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