单词 | humble-jumble |
释义 | humble-jumblen. rare. A confused jumble. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > a disorderly collection rabblea1398 hotchpotc1405 hotchpotchc1410 mishmashc1475 gaggle?1478 chaos?1550 humble-jumble1550 huddle1587 wilderness1594 lurry1607 hatterc1626 farragoa1637 bumble1648 higgledy-piggledy1659 jumble1661 clutter1666 hugger-mugger1674 litter1730 imbroglio1753 confusion1791 cludder1801 hurrah's nest1829 hotter1834 welter1857 muddle1863 splatter1895 shamble1926 1550 T. Cranmer Answ. S. Gardiner 361 A confusion, an humble iomble or hotch potch. 1929 H. Walpole Hans Frost i. ix. 98 The ironic disappointment of fixing pretty sentences together, all, humble-jumble, on the table of his mind. Derivatives ˈhumble-ˈjumbled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [adjective] > jumbled hotchpotch1556 jumbled1611 mishmash1652 shuffled1683 confused1776 rough and tumble1858 jumbly1864 higgledy-piggledy1866 mincemeaty1870 deurmekaar1871 humble-jumbled1940 higgledya1953 1940 Horizon Jan. 61 It is the Big Bed of Ware combined with the Procrustean bed, in which, humble-jumbled or stretched or curtailed to fit, they all lie most curiously together. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1550 |
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