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

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

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

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

From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester

So that the Essay is written with a stimulating mingle-mangle of attraction and reluctance, of advocacy and admission.

From Matthew Arnold by Saintsbury, George