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mongrel

noun
/ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/UK/ˈmɑŋ.ɡɹəl/US

Etymology

From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong (“mixture”) + -rel (pejorative diminutive); from Old English ġemang (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix; mixture”).

  1. derived from *mang-✻ — “mix; mixture”
  2. derived from ġemang — “mingling”
  3. inherited from mongrel

Definitions

  1. Anything of mixed kind.

    • That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!

  2. A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person

    A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person.

    • "Yanto bloody Evans!" Jack stuttered with rage. "Yanto bloody Evans! That... that... bloody mongrel! D'you know who he is? He's the one who knocked me back for a bit of extra timber before the roof fell in on me!"
    • But somebody's got to tell these mums and dads why their kids died, why this mongrel thinks he can wipe them out like a dirty rag.

  3. An erect penis

    An erect penis; an erection.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Of mixed breed, nature, or origin

      Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel.

      • English spelling is often regarded as confusing and unpredictable due to the mongrel nature of that language.
      • a mongrel dog

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Derived

mongreldom, mongrelhood, mongrelisation, mongrelise, mongrelish, mongrelism, mongrelity, mongrelization, mongrelize, mongrelly, mongrelness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mongrel. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA