Word
of the Day for Thursday 2nd October 2014
Higgledy-piggledy \HIG-uhl-dee-PIG-uhl-dee\
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Adverb
1. In a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter. Adjective 1. Confused; jumbled. |
Quotes
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Within six hours, Kesselring had ordered all or parts of eleven
divisions to converge around the Colli Laziali in what he would later term a
"higgledy-piggledy jumble."
-- Rick Atkinson, The Day of the Battle, 2007 |
Origin
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Higgledy-piggledy came to English in the late 1500’s and is a
rhyming compound of uncertain origin.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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