melange
Plural: melanges
Noun
- A varied mixture or collection of things.
- a motley assortment of things
- A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
- A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
- A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.
Examples
- His rack was a MELANGE of letters, requiring creative thinking to form a word.
- The room was a melange of comic books and posters.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag, assortment, mixture
Scrabble Score: 10
melange: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmelange: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
melange: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary