higgledy-piggledy
/ˈhɪɡəldiˌpɪɡəldi/
higgledy-piggledy1词源 1
词源链
- 英语English
higgledy-piggledy
词源说明
A reduplicated rhyming compound. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests a possible link to pig, since the animals huddle in irregular groups, but notes that the connection is uncertain. First use appears c. 1598. The first part of the old alternative form, hoggledy-piggledy, may derive from the archaic Welsh hogldy, a hovel.
higgledy-piggledy2词源 2
词源说明
Self-reference to the form of the word higgledy-piggledy.
释义
名词noun
- 1A double-dactyl; a short poem with eight lines in dactylic meter.
- 2Any of various word games using rhyming compounds or dactylic words or phrases.