hugger-mugger
hugger-mugger · more hugger-mugger · most hugger-mugger
SecretlySecretly.
UK/ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/US/ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/
Meaning
2 sensesSecretly.
Confusedly, in a muddle.
More definitions
- in secrecy
Origin
Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), fUnknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”).
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Forms
more hugger-mugger, most hugger-mugger| Comparative | more hugger-mugger Lesson |
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| Superlative | most hugger-mugger |
regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form