Definition of Pell-mell

1. Adjective. With undue hurry and confusion. "A pell-mell dash for the train"

Exact synonyms: Helter-skelter
Similar to: Hurried

2. Adverb. In a wild or reckless manner. "Running pell-mell up the stairs"
Exact synonyms: Harum-scarum

Definition of Pell-mell

1. Adjective. Hasty, uncontrolled. ¹

2. Adverb. In haste, uncontrolledly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pell-mell

pelike
pelikes
peliom
pelioma
peliosis
peliosis hepatitis
pelisse
pelissees
pelisses
pelite
pelites
pelitic
pelizaeus-merzbacher syndrome
pell-mell (current term)
pellach
pellachs
pellack
pellacks
pellage
pellagra
pellagra-preventing factor
pellagra sine pellagra
pellagras
pellagrin
pellagrins
pellagroid
pellagrous
pelle-like protein kinase

Literary usage of Pell-mell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"... who, ! command ; not an officer or private of the old praying, drove Banks pell-mell out of the Valley Stonewall Brigade but sbut down " tho soldier's ..."

2. The Beginnings of Modern Europe (1250-1450) by Ephraim Emerton (1917)
"together with his, and charged pell-mell into the English ranks. The old king, true type of the mediaeval fighting ruler, had his desire. ..."

3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1897)
"children's bricks emptied pell-mell on the floor. Large crimson patches flecked the surface of the snow-covered field, and already the black, ghostly forms ..."

4. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"... falling thus pell-mell into affairs of trade; Ms lord- D mended by and perceiving, by his conversation, that he had intent in it an uncommon penetration ..."

5. Principles and Practice of Harbour Construction by William Shield (1895)
"... breakwater—Causes of failure—Mounds of pell-mell blocks on rubble bases—Mounds of rubble, faced and capped with pell-mell blocks—Mounds of pell-mell ..."

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