pell-mell /ˈpɛlˈmɛl/adjective 1adverb 1forms 2 adjective1 •Hasty and uncontrolled.Nor moody Beggars, staruing for a time / Of pell-mell hauocke, and confusion. — 1597 adverb1 •In haste and chaos; uncontrolledly, confusedly.But seeing that there the murdring Enemie, / Pesle-mesle, pursued them like a storme of hayle, / They gan retyre vvhere Iuba vvas encampt; […] — 1594 formsmore pell-mell · most pell-mell