单词 | higly-pigly |
释义 | higly-piglyadv.adj. = higgledy-piggledy adv. Also as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [adverb] unorderly1488 confusedly1553 disorderlya1577 higgledy-piggledy1598 higly-pigly1664 1664 J. Scudamore Homer a la Mode 119 Just as neighbors higly Piglie, Let their beasts graze, but then can quicklie..Spy 'em from ev'ry one's i'th town. 1675 Hist. Coll. Essex Inst. LVI. 308 A higly pigly lot by fox iland, as it was laid out by order of the town for 3 acres, bounded by a creek. 1675 F. Rous' Archæol. Atticæ (ed. 8) vi. ii. ii. 274 They sit higly pigly, and every one takes where he likes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2017). < adv.adj.1664 |
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