I. adverb
also hig·gle·ty-pig·gle·ty |higəld]ē|pigəld]ē, -lt]...lt], ]i|...]i
Etymology: origin unknown
: in confusion : without order or coherence : topsy-turvy
everything was heaped higgledy-piggledy on the luggage racks — Leonide Zarine
II. adjective
also higglety-pigglety “
: confused , jumbled
a higgledy-piggledy patchwork of … overlapping powers — F.D.Roosevelt