Definitions for higgledy-piggledy

higgledy-piggledy hig·gle·dy-pig·gle·dy

Spelling: [hig-uh l-dee-pig-uh l-dee]
IPA: /ˈhɪg əl diˈpɪg əl di/

Higgledy-Piggledy is a 17 letter English word.

You can make 281 anagrams from letters in higgledy-piggledy (-ddeegggghiillpyy).

Definitions for higgledy-piggledy

adverb

  1. in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter.

adjective

  1. confused; jumbled.

Origin of higgledy-piggledy

First recorded in 1590-1600; rhyming compound of uncertain origin

Examples for higgledy-piggledy

She had conducted her to the higgledy-piggledy Shop as a place where her fine damask could be laundered well.

Here we disembarked, higgledy-piggledy, just as we had embarked.

She proceeded to serve the dinner with meticulous care, thankful for the training she had had at the higgledy-piggledy tea room.

They are not so much arranged about one another as superposed and higgledy-piggledy.

All his old values had been kicked into higgledy-piggledy confusion.

The man took the letter, which was written on higgledy-piggledy paper and in Josie's best handwriting.

We fling papers in disorder, higgledy-piggledy, on the floor: what do we care?

The higgledy-piggledy Shop was flourishing in spite of the absence of a valued partner.

Among the many industries the higgledy-piggledy Shop boasted was that of laundering fine linen and laces.

She went in the front door of a cheap boarding house not far from the higgledy-piggledy Shop.

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