pellmell

Meanings

• adjective

  done in a confused and disorderly manner; haphazardly

  - "The children were sent out to pick berries pellmell."
  - "The books were scattered pellmell on the floor."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with pellmell
jell mel , well mel , pellet , melody , felicity,elly,elly-beelly

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Variants

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pell-mell , pell-mells

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'through a full mill', from Old French peler 'to strike, beat' + muel 'mill'. The sense development may have been influenced by pellemel 'in a state of confusion'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'pellmell' is often used in horse racing to describe a race where horses are let out of the gate all at once. This is also known as a 'handicap start'.

2. The term 'pellmell' has been used in various forms of literature, including poetry, drama, and prose. It has been used to describe everything from the chaos of battle to the confusion of everyday life.

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Related Concepts

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1. disorder: Pellmell is a term used to describe a state of disorder or confusion.

2. chaos: Pellmell is a term used to describe a situation that is chaotic and disorganized.

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Culture

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Pellmell is often used to describe a chaotic or disorganized situation. It has been used in literature and poetry to convey a sense of confusion or disorder. For example, in Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', Jaques says, 'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. At first the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms, and then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel and shining morning face, creeping like snail unwilling to school. And then the lover, sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, hot from the battle's quench, and then the jealous husband, envious of his friend's fair bosom, and so forth. In life, as in a play, we have our exits and our entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, and that is the end.

How to Memorize "pellmell"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a mill grinding flour in a chaotic and disordered manner. Visualize the flour flying everywhere, creating a mess.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'pellmell' with the word 'chaos'. Remember that 'pellmell' describes a situation that is chaotic and disordered.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Pellmell is a mess'. This will help you remember that 'pellmell' describes a state of disorder or confusion.

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