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Synonyms for pell-mell

Grammar : Adj, adv, noun
Spell : pel-mel
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛlˈmɛl

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Définition of pell-mell

Origin :
  • "confusedly," 1570s, from Middle French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle mesle (12c.), apparently a jingling rhyme on the second element, which is from the stem of the verb mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). Phonetic French form pelly melly is attested in English from mid-15c.
  • adj disordered
  • adv hurriedly and carelessly
  • noun disorder
Example sentences :
  • This was promptly followed by a pell-mell dash for the open.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Thus the facts reach us pell-mell, without distinction of nature.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois
  • On board went the Rough Riders pell-mell, and not a minute too soon.
  • Extract from : « American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • Pell-mell down the stairs rushed the youths, one after another.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter in the Gold Fields » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • The condemned were loaded into them pell-mell, with hands tied.
  • Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France
  • In a moment they were off, pell-mell, like a flock of sheep.
  • Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller
  • When one begins to write, many 174 things crowd in pell-mell.
  • Extract from : « English: Composition and Literature » by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
  • For nearly a century they had been pell-mell at it, whenever and wherever they could meet.
  • Extract from : « The Ned M'Keown Stories » by William Carleton
  • Pell-mell down the stairs ran the children after the monkey.
  • Extract from : « Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School » by Mabel C. Hawley
  • There was an army of corpses, Frenchmen and Germans, all lying about pell-mell.
  • Extract from : « A German deserter's war experience » by Anonymous

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