Sekirov Dictionary

higgledy-piggledy

/ˈhɪɡəldiˌpɪɡəldi/

noun 3
adjective 1
adverb 1
forms 3

noun3

•
A disordered jumble; a confusion.
- A Higgledy-Piggledy of Controversies and Opinions on various interesting Subjects — 1779
•
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. — 1980
•
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. — 1994

adjective1

•
In utter disorder or confusion; mixed up.
- I can't find your memo since my desk is all higgledy-piggledy.

adverb1

•
In a confused, disordered, or random way.
- There is no kind of arrangement as regards the buildings they are erected "higgledy-piggledy;" backs to fronts, anyhow, with narrow passages between. — 1881

forms

higgledy-piggledies · more higgledy-piggledy · most higgledy-piggledy

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