higgledy-piggledy

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A disordered jumble; a confusion.
    — A Higgledy-Piggledy of Controversies and Opinions on various intereſting Subjects
  2. A double-dactyl; a short poem with eight lines in dactylic meter.
    — Higgledy-piggledies are more sophisticated than clerihews: they comprise double dactyls and rhymes and aren't always biographical.
  3. Any of various word games using rhyming compounds or dactylic words or phrases.
    — The games are a bit archaically presented, but they include palindromes, acrostics, higgledy-piggledies, anagrams, etc.
形容词 adj.
  1. In utter disorder or confusion; mixed up. slang
    — I can't find your memo since my desk is all higgledy-piggledy.
副词 adv.
  1. In a confused, disordered, or random way. slang
    — There is no kind of arrangement as regards the buildings they are erected "higgledy-piggledy;" backs to fronts, anyhow, with narrow passages between.

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
A reduplicated rhyming compound. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible link to pig, since the animals huddle in irregular groups, but notes that the connection is uncertain. First use appears c. 1598. The first part of the old alternative form, hoggledy-piggledy, may derive from the archaic Welsh hogldy, a hovel.
词源 2
Self-reference to the form of the word higgledy-piggledy.
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