Definify.com

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)

  1. 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.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • minglemanglehood

Translations

Verb

mingle-mangle (third-person singular simple present mingle-mangles, present participle mingle-mangling, simple past and past participle mingle-mangled)

  1. To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Udall to this entry?)