Origin of hugger-mugger
1520–30; earlier
hucker-mucker, rhyming compound based on
mucker, Middle English
mokeren to hoard
Words nearby hugger-mugger
hug-me-tight,
huge,
hugely,
hugeous,
huggable,
hugger-mugger,
hugger-muggery,
huggins,
huggy,
hugh,
hugh capet
Example sentences from the Web for hugger-mugger
British Dictionary definitions for hugger-mugger
hugger-mugger
/ (ˈhʌɡəˌmʌɡə) /
noun
confusion
rare
secrecy
adjective, adverb archaic
with secrecy
in confusion
verb obsolete
(tr)
to keep secret
(intr)
to act secretly
Word Origin for hugger-mugger
C16: of uncertain origin