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pell-mell definition

pell·-mell (pel′mel′)

adverb, adjective

  1. in a jumbled, confused mass or manner; without order or method
  2. in wild, disorderly haste; headlong

Etymology: Fr pêle-mêle < OFr pesle mesle, redupl. < mesler, to mix

noun

a jumble; confusion; disorder
Also pellmell pell′·mell′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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