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noun
A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.
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Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
a motley assortment of things
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: odds and ends, oddments, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum
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Broader terms: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley
History
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.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
