Meaning

noun a confused multitude of things

noun informal terms for a difficult situation

verb make into a puddle

originFrom Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). By surface analysis, mud + -le. Compare German Kuddelmuddel.

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