mingle-mangle

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mingle-mangle

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Reduplicated from mingle.

noun mingle-mangles · minglemangle

  1. A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things. Is not it an extraordinary instance of a minglemangle of old Norse Paganism and Christianity? Thor's Mell and Christ's Cross.

    Similar: farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mishmash, omnium-gatherum, ragbag

verb mingle-mangles · mingle-mangling · mingle-mangled · minglemangle

  1. To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of. So ſhould vve Preachers be true men, Preachers of God's vvay, truly, truly, vvithout regard of perſon; that is, for man's pleaſure corrupting the vvord, or mingle-mangle the vvord vvith man's inven tion and traditions.

    Similar: jumble

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@misc{mingle_mangle_2026,
  title = {mingle-mangle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mingle-mangle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}