Found 2 items, similar to Mongrel.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mongrel
mongrel
n 1: derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine;
something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin;
“the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting
Gothic but not true Gothic” [syn:
bastard]
2: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn:
cur,
mutt]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mongrel
Mongrel
\Mon"grel\, a.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Not of a pure breed.
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2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.
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Mongrel
\Mon"grel\, n. [Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to
AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle. See
Mingle.]
The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of
domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. --Drayton.
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