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higgledy-piggledy

[ hig-uhl-dee-pig-uhl-dee ]

adverb

  1. in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter.


adjective

  1. confused; jumbled.

higgledy-piggledy

/ 藞丑瑟伞蓹濒诲瑟藞辫瑟伞蓹濒诲瑟 /

adjective

  1. in a jumble
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a muddle
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of higgledy-piggledy1

First recorded in 1590鈥1600; rhyming compound of uncertain origin
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Instead of obsessing over the latest higgledy-piggledy, do something useful.

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That could be due in part to 脰tzi鈥檚 diet, says Nina Jablonski, an anthropologist at Pennsylvania State University, who notes that the evolution of light skin in people in Europe was a 鈥渉iggledy-piggledy process.鈥

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The 30-year-old said: "Instead of buying all matching furniture I just bought higgledy-piggledy bits and painted them to match."

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Ukrainians upload a higgledy-piggledy stream of information about Russians killed in the war on several channels on the Telegram messaging application, including the names of the deceased.

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Much of the turmoil, critics say, is rooted in Disney鈥檚 higgledy-piggledy decision to become the centerpiece of the contemporary culture wars.

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