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[muhng-gruh
l, mong-]
–noun
| 1. | a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed. |
| 2. | any animal or plant resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties. |
| 3. | any cross between different things, esp. if inharmonious or indiscriminate. |
–adjective
| 4. | of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel. |
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Mongrel
Mon"grel\, n. [Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle. See Mingle.] The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. --Drayton.Mongrel
Mon"grel\, a. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Not of a pure breed. 2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : mongrel
Spanish:
mestizo,
German:
der Mischling,
Japanese:
雑種(の)
mongrel
1486, "mixed breed dog," from obs. mong "mixture," from O.E. gemong "mingling" (base of among), from P.Gmc. *mong- "mix." With pejorative suffix (cf. wastrel). Meaning "person not of pure race" is from 1542.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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