Pell`mell", adv. [F. pele-mele, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + meler to mix, as when different kinds of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See Pell shovel, Medley.]
In utter confusion; with confused violence.
"Men, horses, chariots, crowded
pellmell."
Milton.
© Webster 1913.