mongrel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mongrel	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for mongrel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mongrel n 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" Synonym(s): bastard, mongrel an inferior dog or one of mixed breed Synonym(s): cur, mongrel, mutt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mongrel \Mon"grel\, a. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Not of a pure breed. 2. Of mixed kinds; as, mongrel language.