pell-mell

also adv.

1. In a jumbled, confused manner; helter-skelter.
2. In frantic disorderly haste; headlong: "I went to work pell-mell, blotted several sheets of paper with choice floating thoughts" (Washington Irving).

[French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle mesle, probably reduplication of mesle. See meddle.]

pell-mell pell'-mell' adj. & n.

or pellmell

(pel-mel)

adverb
In a confused, jumbled, or reckless manner.

adjective
Confused, disorderly, or indiscriminate.

Etymology
From Old French pêle-mêle, from mesler (to mix), from Latin miscere (to mix)

-mell

Usage
"Instead of converging with the euro zone, Hungary's economy has rushed pell-mell in another direction." — Carl Mortished; The West in Retreat, the Pot Running Dry; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Oct 30, 2008

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adj

Definition: disordered
Antonyms: ordered, organized

adv

Definition: hurriedly and carelessly
Antonyms: carefully, cautiously

n

Definition: disorder
Antonyms: order, organization

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: with undue hurry and confusion
  Synonym: helter-skelter

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The adverb pell-mell has one meaning:

Meaning #1: in a wild or reckless manner
  Synonym: harum-scarum

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - i vild forvirring, hovedkulds
adj. - forvirret, uordentlig
n. - tumult, håndgemæng

Nederlands (Dutch)
haastig, door elkaar, verward, verwarring

Français (French)
adv. - pêle-mêle
adj. - pêle-mêle
n. - pêle-mêle

Deutsch (German)
adj. - durcheinander
adv. - durcheinander
n. - Durcheinander

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χαοτικός, χαώδης
adv. - άνω-κάτω, πατείς με-πατώ σε, άρον-άρον
n. - αταξία, σύγχυση, ανακατωσούρα, κομφούζιο

Italiano (Italian)
alla rinfusa, confuso, promiscuo, disordinatamente, confusamente, precipitatamente, sfrenatamente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - confuso, desordenado
adv. - confusamente, desordenadamente
n. - confusão (f), tumulto (m)

Русский (Russian)
беспорядочный, вперемешку, беспорядочно

Español (Spanish)
adv. - atropelladamente, confusamente
adj. - indiscriminado, confuso
n. - desorden, confusión

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oordnad, förvirrad
adv. - huller om buller, huvudstupa
n. - tumult, oordning, handgemäng

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
凌乱地, 匆忙地, 杂乱的, 混乱的, 乱七八糟, 杂乱, 混乱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 凌亂地, 匆忙地
adj. - 雜亂的, 混亂的
n. - 亂七八糟, 雜亂, 混亂

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 난잡하게, 허둥지둥
adj. - 난잡한, 서두르는
n. - 난잡, 큰 소동

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 乱雑に
n. - 乱雑, ごちゃまぜ
v. - ごちゃまぜにする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شذر مذر, أيدي سبأ (ظرف) بعجله شديدة, بتهور, بفوضى, باختلاط (الاسم) فوضى, مختلط حابله بنابله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮באי-סדר, באופן מבולבל‬
adj. - ‮מבולבל, רוגש‬
n. - ‮באי-סדר, בילבול‬

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