pell-mell Definition

pell-mell
adverb

1. Headlong; in confused haste; helter-skelter.

Thesaurus: heedlessly, rashly, recklessly, impetuously, helter-skelter, full tilt, hastily.

adj

1. Confusedly mingled; headlong.

Thesaurus: haphazard, chaotic, tumultuous, disordered, disorganized, confused, scrambled.

noun

1. Disorder; a confused mixture.

Etymology: 16c: from French pesle-mesle, rhyming compound from mesler to mix.