Meanings
plural mingle-mangles · alternative minglemangle
- 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 191Synonyms: farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mishmash, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
present singular third person mingle-mangles · participle present mingle-mangling · participle past mingle-mangled · past mingle-mangled · alternative minglemangle
- 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 Worcester. […], volume I, London: […] J. Scott, […], published 1758, →OCLC, page 240Synonyms: jumble
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
verbTo mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna motley assortment of things
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Reduplicated from mingle.
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