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Webster 1913 Edition
Mingle-mangle
Min′gle-manˊgle
,Verb.
T.
[Reduplicated fr.
mingle
.] To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.
[Obs.]
Udall.
Min′gle-manˊgle
,Noun.
A hotchpotch.
[Obs.]
Latimer.
Definition 2024
mingle-mangle
mingle-mangle
English
Alternative forms
- minglemangle
Noun
mingle-mangle (plural mingle-mangles)
- A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
- 1902, Charles James Longman, Longman's Magazine - Volume 39 - Page 191:
- Is not it an extraordinary instance of a minglemangle of old Norse Paganism and Christianity? Thor's Mell and Christ's Cross.
- 1902, Charles James Longman, Longman's Magazine - Volume 39 - Page 191:
Synonyms
- farrago
- hodgepodge
- hotchpotch
- melange
- mishmash
- omnium-gatherum
- ragbag
- See also Wikisaurus:hodgepodge
Derived terms
- minglemanglehood
Translations
collection of miscellaneous things — see hodgepodge
Verb
mingle-mangle (third-person singular simple present mingle-mangles, present participle mingle-mangling, simple past and past participle mingle-mangled)
- To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Udall to this entry?)