Meaning of pell-mell in English
Classifying Adjective
pell-mellDefinitions
1. with undue hurry and confusionExamples
- « a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause »
- « a pell-mell dash for the train »
Synonyms
Adverb
pell-mellEtymology
late 16th century: from French pêle-mêle, from earlier pesle mesle, mesle pesle, reduplication from mesler‘to mix’Definitions
1. in a wild or reckless mannerExamples
- « dashing harum-scarum all over the place »
- « running pell-mell up the stairs »