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hugger-mugger — /hug euhr mug euhr/, n. 1. disorder or confusion; muddle. 2. secrecy; reticence: Why is there such hugger mugger about the scheme? adj. 3. secret or clandestine. 4. disorderly or confused. v.t. 5. to keep secret or concealed; hush up. v.i. 6. to… … Universalium
hugger-mugger — also huggermugger, secretly, 1520s, one of a number of similar sounding reduplicated words in use around this time and meaning much the same thing, including hucker mucker, which may be the original of the bunch if the root is, as some think, M.E … Etymology dictionary
hugger-mugger — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. & adv. 1 in secret. 2 confused; in confusion. n. 1 secrecy. 2 confusion. v.intr. proceed in a secret or muddled fashion. Etymology: prob. rel. to ME hoder huddle, mokere conceal: cf. 15th c. hoder moder, 16th c. hucker… … Useful english dictionary
