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   Pell-mell

   /ˈpelˈmel/

   

   adverb

   • 1. in a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner: "the contents of the sacks were thrown pell-mell to the ground" Similar helter-skelterheadlong(at) full tilthotfootposthastehurriedlyhastilywildlyimpetuouslyrecklesslyrashlyprecipitatelyimpulsivelyinformal: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. recklessly hasty or disorganized; headlong: "steering the pell-mell development of Europe onto a new and more gradual course"

   noun

   • 1. a state of affairs or collection of things characterized by haste or confusion: "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’.

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