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Dec 30, 2008 This week's theme Uncommon adverbs This week's words seriatim pell-mell withal imprimis shilly-shally Today's word in Visual Thesaurus AWAD Premium An ad-free, paid edition of AWAD. Subscribe yourself or send a gift subscription. Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg pell-mell PRONUNCIATION: (pel-mel) MEANING: adverb: In a confused, jumbled, or reckless manner. adjective: Confused, disorderly, or indiscriminate. ETYMOLOGY: From Old French pêle-mêle, from mesler (to mix), from Latin miscere (to mix). USAGE: "Instead of converging with the euro zone, Hungary's economy has rushed pell-mell in another direction." Carl Mortished; The West in Retreat, the Pot Running Dry; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Oct 30, 2008 A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad. -Salvador Dali, painter (1904-1989)

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