mingle-mangle

American  

[ming-guhl-mang-guhl] / ˈmɪŋ gəlˌmæŋ gəl /

noun

1. a jumbled or confused mixture; hodgepodge.

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Etymology

Origin of mingle-mangle

1540–50; gradational compound; see mingle, mangle ¹

Example Sentences

I tried it, but I always seemed to revert to excess: one big mingle-mangle, everybody in the pool.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2022

There had been no half measures at Northampton, for the Puritans had a loathing of what they called a "mingle-mangle."

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh

The consequence is, that many passages in these sermons are what Latimer would call a "mingle-mangle," or what we should call in this day "a complete mess."

From A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield by Ryle, John Charles

The mingle-mangle of scarcely connected incidents which did duty with Greene for a plot, the irrepressible by-play with which Lyly loved to interrupt his main story, were rejected by him.

From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold

“Have done with such mingle-mangle talk,” ordered Mr. Meredith, fretfully.

From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester