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melange
noun
1 melange
A motley assortment of things.
synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag.
Roget 41:
mixture,
admixture,
commixture,
commixtion†;
commixion†,
intermixture,
alloyage†,
matrimony;
junction
etc.
43;
combination
etc.
48;
miscegenation.
impregnation;
infusion,
diffusion suffusion,
transfusion;
infiltration;
seasoning,
sprinkling,
interlarding;
interpolation;
etc.
228
adulteration,
sophistication.
[Thing mixed]
tinge,
tincture,
touch,
dash,
smack,
sprinkling,
spice,
seasoning,
infusion,
soupcon.
[Compound resulting from mixture]
alloy,
amalgam;
brass,
chowchow†,
pewter;
magma,
half-and-half,
melange,
tertium quid [Lat.],
miscellany,
ambigu†,
medley,
mess,
hotchpot†,
pasticcio†,
patchwork,
odds and ends,
all sorts;
jumble
etc.
(disorder)
59;
salad,
sauce,
mash,
omnium gatherum [Lat.],
gallimaufry,
olla-podrida†,
olio,
salmagundi,
potpourri,
Noah's ark,
caldron texture,
mingled yarn;
mosaic
etc.
(variegation)
440.
half-blood,
half-caste.
mulatto;
terceron†,
quarteron†,
quinteron†
&c.;
quadroon,
octoroon;
griffo†,
zambo†;
cafuzo†;
Eurasian;
fustee†,
fustie†;
griffe,
ladino†,
marabou,
mestee†,
mestizo,
quintroon,
sacatra zebrule [Lat.];
catalo†;
cross,
hybrid,
mongrel.
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Dutch: allegaartje, mengelmoes, brokstukken, mikmak
Polish: melanż
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