melange

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/məˈlɑnʒ/
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/məˈlɑnʒ/ · /meɪ-/ · /-ˈlɑndʒ/

Definition of melange

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
    “The room was a melange of comic books and posters.”
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noun

  1. A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
    “The room was a melange of comic books and posters.”
  2. A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
  3. A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.

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Etymology

From French mélange, from Middle French mélange, meslange, from Old French meslance, meslinges (“set of diverse elements”), derived from mescler (“to mingle, mix up”) (modern French mêler), from Vulgar Latin *misculāre, from Latin misceō (“mix”) + -inges, a suffix from Frankish *-ingo (“-ing”). More at mix, -ing.

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