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1.
in disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner.
2.
in a confused or jumbled mass, crowd, manner, etc.: The crowd rushed pell-mell into the store when the doors opened.
adjective
3.
indiscriminate; disorderly; confused: a pell-mell dash after someone.
4.
overhasty or precipitate; rash: pell-mell spending.
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Pell-mell
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
noun
5.
a confused or jumbled mass, crowd, etc.
6.
disorderly, headlong haste.
Also, pell·mell.
Origin:
1570–80; < Middle French pelemele, Old French pesle mesle, rhyming compound based on mesler to mix. See meddle
1570–80; < Middle French pelemele, Old French pesle mesle, rhyming compound based on mesler to mix. See meddle
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pell-mell
"confusedly," 1579, from M.Fr. pêle-mêle, from O.Fr. pesle mesle (12c.), apparently a jingling rhyme on the second element, which is from the stem of the verb mesler "to mix, mingle."
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pell-mell definition
In a confused, disorderly manner: “After the assembly, the students ran pell-mell from the auditorium.”
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