pellmell


pell-mell

also pell·mell P0156900 (pĕl′mĕl′)adv.1. In a jumbled, confused manner; helter-skelter.2. In frantic disorderly haste; headlong: "I went to work pell-mell, blotted several sheets of paper with choice floating thoughts" (Washington Irving).
[French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle mesle, probably reduplication of mesle, imperative of mesler, to mix; see meddle.]
pell′-mell′ adj. & n.