[mon.grel] n [ME, prob. fr. mong mixture, short for ymong, fr. OE gemong crowd--more at among] (15c) 1: an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds or strains; esp: one of unknown ancestry
2: a cross between types of persons or things -- mongrel adj -- mon.grel.i.za.tion n -- mon.grel.ize vt