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melange.

A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/məˈlɑnʒ//meɪ-//-ˈlɑndʒ/
  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.

Where this word comes from

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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