Complete Definition of "pell-mell"

English

Etymology
F. pêle-mêle

Adverb
en-adv|-

  1. in haste, uncontrolled, disorderly

#:* 1597: Nor moody beggars, starving for a time / Of pellmell havoc and confusion. � Shakespeare, 1 Hen IV, v 1

Translations

French: pêle-mêle
mid

See also
helter-skelter
willy-nilly
Pall Mall
The Mall

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