Category:Pellmell

Pell`mell", adv. Etym: [f. pêle-mêle, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + Mêler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and Mixed with a shovel. See pell shovel, medley.]

Defn: in utter confusion; with confused violence. "men, horses, Chariots, crowded pellmell." Milton.