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mongrel en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/ (US)
- /ˈmɐŋ.ɡɹəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈmɑŋ.ɡɹəl/ (US)
- audio Queensland
- (Texas) audio
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”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel.
a mongrel dog
English spelling is often regarded as confusing and unpredictable due to the mongrel nature of that language.
America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together by a notion, the notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone.
2001 September 26, Anna Quindlen, “A Quilt of a Country”, in Newsweek:
Translations (3)
pl bastardowy (Translations) · io hibrida (Translations) · io mestica (Translations)
mongrel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmʌŋ.ɡɹəl/ (US)
- /ˈmɐŋ.ɡɹəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈmɑŋ.ɡɹəl/ (US)
- audio Queensland
- (Texas) audio
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”).
Meanings
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(derogatory, often) Anything of mixed kind. ▸ A dog with a lineage of two or more breeds.
That dog is a mongrel; who knows what breed it could be!
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(derogatory, ethnic, offensive, often, slur) Anything of mixed kind. ▸ A person of mixed race.
The natives of Banda are very much mixed, and it is probable that at least three-fourths of the population are mongrels, in various degrees of Malay, Papuan, Arab, Portuguese, and Dutch. The first two form the bases of the larger portion, and the dark skins, pronounced features, and more or less frizzly hair of the Papuans preponderates.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 456:
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; (often preceded by "poor") a pitiable person.
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.
2019 October 27, Natalie Wolfe, “Australia's worst serial killer's affairs with sisters-in-laws”, in New Zealand Herald:"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!"
2008, Jim Brigginshaw, Over My Dead Body, page 77:
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(Australia, slang) An erect penis; an erection.
Forms
Deriveds
mongrelism · mongrelness · mongrelize · mongrelly · mongrelisation · mongrelise · mongrelization · mongrelish · mongrelhood · mongreldom · mongrelity
Relateds
among
Synonyms
bitser · bastard · mutt · tyke · cur · bitzer · bitsa · Heinz 57
Translations (84)
de Promenadenmischung (someone of mixed kind) · ru полукро́вка (someone of mixed kind) · nl vuilnisbakkenras (someone of mixed kind) · nb kjøter (someone of mixed kind) · es chumino (someone of mixed kind) · fr métis (someone of mixed kind) · io hibrido (someone of mixed kind) · ja 混血児 (someone of mixed kind) · fi piski (someone of mixed kind) · pl mieszaniec (someone of mixed kind) · it bastardino (someone of mixed kind) · it bastardo (someone of mixed kind) · ja 雑種 (someone of mixed kind) · es gozque (someone of mixed kind) · eo senrasa (someone of mixed kind) · ru дворня́жка (someone of mixed kind) · fr bâtard (someone of mixed kind) · sv byracka (someone of mixed kind) · es sato (someone of mixed kind) · pt vira-lata (someone of mixed kind) · ar هَجِين (someone of mixed kind) · mk мелез (someone of mixed kind) · fr corniaud (someone of mixed kind) · sv gatukorsning (someone of mixed kind) · es perro cruzado (someone of mixed kind) · es misti (someone of mixed kind) · ja ハーフ (someone of mixed kind) · th พันทาง (someone of mixed kind) · pt rafeiro (someone of mixed kind) · mk џуке́ла (someone of mixed kind) · hi दोग़ला (someone of mixed kind) · es cacri (someone of mixed kind) · es PP (someone of mixed kind) · ca bastard (someone of mixed kind) · nl mormel (someone of mixed kind) · pl kundel (someone of mixed kind) · mi mangarū (someone of mixed kind) · es comecuanduay (someone of mixed kind) · es perro criollo (someone of mixed kind) · es chusco (someone of mixed kind) · el μιγάς (someone of mixed kind) · tr melez (someone of mixed kind) · scn cani di mannra (someone of mixed kind) · es quiltro (someone of mixed kind) · cmn 混血兒 /混血儿 (someone of mixed kind) · es perro corriente (someone of mixed kind) · ru мети́с (someone of mixed kind) · es mil leches (someone of mixed kind) · fi rakki (someone of mixed kind) · nl bastaard (someone of mixed kind) · gl can de palleiro (someone of mixed kind) · es perro aguacatero (someone of mixed kind) · mi kurī peropero (someone of mixed kind) · ro corcitură (someone of mixed kind) · he מְעֹרָב (someone of mixed kind) · la hibrida (someone of mixed kind) · de Mischlingshund (someone of mixed kind) · da køter (someone of mixed kind) · es chucho (someone of mixed kind) · mi peropero (someone of mixed kind) · cmn 雜種 /杂种 (someone of mixed kind) · es tinaquero (someone of mixed kind) · es zaguate (someone of mixed kind) · es comecuandohay (someone of mixed kind) · bg мелез (someone of mixed kind) · tr kırma (someone of mixed kind) · el μιξογενής (someone of mixed kind) · de Mischling (someone of mixed kind) · nn kjøter (someone of mixed kind) · sv blandrashund (someone of mixed kind) · fi sekasikiö (someone of mixed kind) · ru дворня́га (someone of mixed kind) · hu keverék (someone of mixed kind) · ga crosanta (someone of mixed kind) · de Kreuzung (someone of mixed kind) · hu korcs (someone of mixed kind) · es perro mestizo (someone of mixed kind) · ur دوغْلَا (someone of mixed kind) · fr métisse (someone of mixed kind) · mk лангач (someone of mixed kind) · de Bastard (someone of mixed kind) · ru сме́сок (someone of mixed kind) · ru мети́ска (someone of mixed kind) · de Straßenköter (someone of mixed kind)