confused, disorderly, riotous, chaotic, jumbled
in a confused manner, in a disorderly fashion
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Higgledy-piggledy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(adv.)
In confusion; topsy-turvy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutIn confusion; topsy-turvy.
higgledy-piggledy
\hig`gle*dy-pig"gle*dy\ (?), adv. in confusion; topsy-turvy. [colloq.]
higgledy-piggledy
adj : in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes" [syn: disorderly, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy]
adv : in a disordered manner; "they were piled up higgledy-piggledy" [syn: topsy-turvy]
Adjective
1. in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"
(synonym) disorderly, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy
(similar) untidy
Adverb
1. in a disordered manner; "they were piled up higgledy-piggledy"
(synonym) topsy-turvy
Higgledy-piggledy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A dactyl is a term used in formal English poetry to describe a trisyllablic metrical foot made up of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed ones. Matador, realize, cereal and limerick as well as the word poetry itself are examples of words that are themselves dactyls. A double dactyl can therefore simply mean two consecutive dactyls.
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