helter-skelter
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holterdiepolter
Carelessly hurried and confusedCarelessly hurried and confused.
UK/ˌhɛltəˈskɛltə/US/ˌhɛltɚˈskɛltɚ/
Meaning
1 sensesCarelessly hurried and confused.
holterdiepolter
More definitions
- with undue hurry and confusion
- lacking a visible order or organization
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
Carelessly hurried and confused:
Origin
In form a reduplication (similar to hurry-scurry and harum-scarum, both with initial /h-/In form a reduplication (similar to hurry-scurry and harum-scarum, both with initial /h-/ and /sk-/); perhaps based on Middle English skelten ("to hasten; to raise an alarm"), or maybe related to Old High German skeltan (“scold”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“make noise, yell”), employed as a fossil word.
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Forms
more helter-skelter, most helter-skelter| Comparative | more helter-skelter Lesson |
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| Superlative | most helter-skelter Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.