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melange

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Noun — A jumbled mix of different things.

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mishmash hotchpotch ragbag gallimaufry farrago hodgepodge oddments

Etymology

Came into English from French mélange, which developed from Middle French mélange, meslange, and before that from Old French meslance, meslinges (“set of diverse elements”). This derived from mescler (“to mingle, mix up”; modern French mêler), tracing back to Vulgar Latin *misculāre, from Latin misceō (“mix”) plus -ing...

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