hugger-mugger
DisorderDisorder.
UK/ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/US/ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Disorder.
(archaic, uncountable)Secrecy.
More definitions
- a state of confusion
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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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedhugger mugger
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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