PELLMELL

Adjective

pellmell

Alternative form of pell-mell

Adverb

pellmell (not comparable)

Alternative form of pell-mell

Source: Wiktionary


Pell`-mell" (, n.

Definition: See Pall-mall.

Pell`mell", adv. Etym: [F. pĂȘle-mĂȘle, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + mĂȘler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See Pell shovel, Medley.]

Definition: In utter confusion; with confused violence. "Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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