mingle-mangle

mingle-mangle noun: a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

Noun

mingle-mangle (plural mingle-mangles)

A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
- Is not it an extraordinary instance of a minglemangle of old Norse Paganism and Christianity? Thor's Mell and Christ's Cross.1902, Charles James Longman, Longman's Magazine - Volume 39 - Page 191
Synonyms:

farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mishmash, omnium-gatherum, ragbag

mingle-mangle (third-person singular simple present mingle-mangles, present participle mingle-mangling, simple past and past participle mingle-mangled)

To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.
- So ſhould vve Preachers be true men, Preachers of God's vvay, truly, truly, vvithout regard of perſon; that is, for man's pleaſure corrupting the vvord, or mingle-mangle the vvord vvith man's inven tion and traditions.1550 October 18 (Gregorian calendar), Hugh Latimer, “Sermon XII. Preached at Stamford, Oct. 9, in the Year 1550.”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, Master Hugh Latimer, Bishop of...
Synonyms:

jumble

Noun
plural	mingle-mangles
alternative form	minglemangle
Verb
third-person singular present	mingle-mangles
present participle	mingle-mangling
past participle	mingle-mangled
past	mingle-mangled

Reduplicated from mingle.

What does mingle-mangle mean?: Mingle-mangle means a collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
What part of speech is mingle-mangle?: Mingle-mangle can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of mingle-mangle?: The plural of mingle-mangle is mingle-mangles.

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