mongrel
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Late 15th century, from obsolete mong (“mixture”) + -rel (“(pejorative)”); from Old English gemong (“mingling”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (“mix”).[1]
[edit] Noun
mongrel (plural mongrels)
- Someone of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.
- That dog is a mongrel, who knows what breed it could be!
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- moggy (of a cat)
[edit] Translations
someone of mixed kind
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