Pellˊmell′
,
[F.
pêle-mêle
, prob. fr.
pelle
a shovel +
mêler
to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See
Pell
shovel,
Medley
.]
In utter confusion; with confused violence.
“Men, horses, chariots, crowded
pellmell.”