mongrel

Meanings

Noun

• Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.
• A thuggish, obnoxious, or contemptible person; a pitiable person.
• An erect penis; an erection.

Adjective

• Of mixed breed, nature, or origin; of or like a mongrel.

Origin

• From Middle English mongrel, equivalent to mong + -rel; from Old English ġemong (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- ("mix").