skimble-skamble

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Adj

Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless.

Noun

Gibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense.

Συνώνυμα

confused

😕

confusedly

incoherent

nonsensical

rambling

Μεταφράσεις

nonsens

Με παύλα ως

skim‧ble-skam‧ble

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈskɪmb(ə)lˌskæmb(ə)l/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Reduplication of scamble (“to move about pushing and jostling, struggle for place or possession, scramble; to mangle”). The term was popularized by William Shakespeare’s use of it in the play Henry IV, Part 1 (c. 1597): see the quotation.