Meaning of Higgledy-piggledy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A disordered jumble; a confusion.
2. A double-dactyl; a short poem with eight lines in dactylic meter.
3. Any of various word games using rhyming compounds or dactylic words or phrases.

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Examples

“A Higgledy-Piggledy of Controversies and Opinions on various intereſting Subjects”

“Higgledy-piggledies are more sophisticated than clerihews: they comprise double dactyls and rhymes and aren't always biographical.”

“The games are a bit archaically presented, but they include palindromes, acrostics, higgledy-piggledies, anagrams, etc.”

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