What does "mingle-mangle" mean?

A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

What is a synonym for "mingle-mangle"?

Common synonyms include: farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mishmash, omnium-gatherum.

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.
"Is not it an extraordinary instance of a minglemangle of old Norse Paganism and Christianity? Thor's Mell and Christ's Cross."
2
a motley assortment of things wordnet

Verb

1
To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of.
"So ſhould vve Preachers be true men, Preachers of God's vvay, truly, truly, vvithout regard of perſon; that is, for man's pleaſure corrupting the vvord, or mingle-mangle the vvord vvith man's inven tion and traditions."

"Is not it an extraordinary instance of a minglemangle of old Norse Paganism and Christianity? Thor's Mell and Christ's Cross."

Reduplicated from mingle.

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