pell-mell
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pell-mell
- /ˈpɛlˈmɛl/
Sounds like pall mall (US)
Where it comes from
From French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle-mesle, apparently a rhyme based on the stem of mesler (“to mix, meddle”). Compare meddle, melee.
adjective more pell-mell · most pell-mell · pell mell · pellmell
- Hasty and uncontrolled. Nor moody Beggars, ſtaruing for a time / Of pell-mell hauocke, and confusion.
adverb pell mell · pellmell
- In haste and chaos; uncontrolledly, confusedly. But ſeeing that there the murdring Enemie, / Peſle-meſle, purſued them like a ſtorme of hayle, / They gan retyre vvhere Iuba vvas encampt; […]
noun pell mell · pellmell
- Alternative form of pall mall (“ball game”).
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adj uncontrolled
| Русский | беспоря́дочный besporjádočnyj, тяп-ляп tjap-ljap |
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adv in haste and chaos
| Français | pêle-mêle |
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| Русский | беспоря́дочно besporjádočno, тяп-ляп tjap-ljap |
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