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   pell-mell

   /ˌpɛlˈmɛl/

   adverb

   • 1. in a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner: "they rushed pell-mell up the hill" Similar helter-skelterheadlong(at) full tilthotfootpost-hastehurriedlyhastilywildlyimpetuouslyrecklesslyrashlyprecipitatelyimpulsivelyinformal:slap bangarchaic:hurry-scurryin disorderin confusionin a muddle/jumblein disarrayin a disorganized manneruntidilyin a messin a heapanyhowinformal:all over the placeevery which wayall over the shopshambolicallyall over the mapall over the lot

   adjective

   • 1. hasty or disorganized: "steps to slow the pell-mell pace of deforestation"

   noun

   • 1. a disorderly situation or collection of things: "the pell-mell of ascending gables and roof tiles"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French pêle-mêle, from earlier pesle mesle, mesle pesle, reduplication from mesler ‘to mix’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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