higgledy-piggledy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite in utter disorder
    topsy-turvy; disorderly; jumbled; hugger-mugger.
    • a disorderly pile of clothes
  2. adverb in a disordered manner
    topsy-turvy.
    • they were piled up higgledy-piggledy

WordNet

Hig`gle*dy-pig"gle*dy adverb
Definitions
  1. In confusion; topsy-turvy. Colloq. Johnson.

Webster 1913