mongrel

mon·grel

M5418700 (mŏng′grəl, mŭng′-)n.1. An animal or plant resulting from various interbreedings, especially a dog of mixed or undetermined breed.2. Offensive A person of mixed background or descent.3. Something that is a mixture or combination of elements: "Purists ... object that bordeaux is a mongrel because it mixes two, three or four grape varieties" (Hugh Johnson).adj.1. Of mixed origin or character: "English has always been a mongrel tongue, a hybrid of arriving idioms" (Mark Abley).2. Offensive Being a person of mixed background or descent.3. Being a mongrel organism.

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[Middle English, probably from mong, mixture, from Old English gemang; see mag- in Indo-European roots.]

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mon·grel′ism n.mon′grel·ly adv.

mongrel

(ˈmʌŋɡrəl) n1. (Breeds) a plant or animal, esp a dog, of mixed or unknown breeding; a crossbreed or hybrid2. (Peoples) taboo a person of mixed race3. (General Sporting Terms) sport Austral and NZ toughness and physical aggression: a tall southpaw with plenty of mongrel. adjof mixed origin, breeding, character, etc[C15: from obsolete mong mixture; compare Old English gemong a mingling] ˈmongrelism n ˈmongrelly adj

mon•grel

(ˈmʌŋ grəl, ˈmɒŋ-)

n. 1. a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed. 2. an animal or plant resulting from an uncontrolled or accidental crossing of breeds or varieties. 3. any cross between different types of persons or things. adj. 4. being a mongrel. [1425–75; probably Middle English mong(e) mixture + –rel -rel] mon′grel•ism, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mongrel - derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"bastardvariation - an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"
	2.	mongrel - an inferior dog or one of mixed breedcur, muttCanis familiaris, dog, domestic dog - a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"feist, fice - a nervous belligerent little mongrel dogpariah dog, pie-dog, pye-dog - ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India

mongrel

noun1. hybrid, cross, half-breed, crossbreed, mixed breed, bigener (Biology) They were walking their pet mongrel on the outskirts of the town when it happened.adjective1. half-breed, hybrid, crossbred, of mixed breed He was determined to save his mongrel puppy.

Translations

杂种狗杂种的混血的

mongrel

(ˈmaŋgrəl) noun, adjective (an animal, especially a dog) bred from different types. 雜種狗，雜種的(動物，尤指狗) 杂种狗，杂种的，混血的

mongrel

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