n.
Pronunciation: ' mä ŋ -gr ə l, ' m ə ŋ -
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, probably from mong mixture, short for ymong, from Old English gemong crowd ― more at AMONG
Date: 15th century
1 : an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds or strains especially : one of unknown ancestry
2 : a cross between types of persons or things
– mongrel adjective
– mon · grel · i · za · tion \ ˌ mä ŋ -gr ə -l ə - ' z ā -sh ə n, ˌ m ə ŋ - \ noun
– mon · grel · ize \ ' mä ŋ -gr ə - ˌ l ī z, ' m ə ŋ - \ transitive verb