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Mélange got mixed into the melting pot of English back in the 1600s. It derives from the Middle French verb mesler, which means "to mix." "Mélange" is actually one of several French contributions to the English body of words for miscellaneous mixtures. "Pastiche" (meaning "a composition made up of selections of different works," or broadly, "a disorderly mixture, hodgepodge") is borrowed from French, and "medley" and "potpourri" have roots in French, too. There's also the lesser known "gallimaufry" (meaning "hodgepodge"), which comes from the Middle French galimafree (meaning "stew").
Examples of mélange in a Sentence
Jackie Fields, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The white pulp’s taste is a melange of apple and cucumber and it may be eaten raw or cooked.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025
Beyoncé’s attitude toward America is implicitly complicated, in other words — though not as complicated as the musical melange that keeps everyone’s bodies moving and heads doing 360s for three hours.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
But still, the agave spirit is crucial to this melange of booze.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2025
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—Wwd Staff, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
Their film, which premiered at Sundance before screening at Berlin, is a thoughtful and experimental melange focused on five Sudanese people forced to evacuate Khartoum after RSF soldiers invaded the city.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Related Articles In an episode of the series, Markle styled the Takao sweater in light dune melange by Loro Piana.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
The Manner’s Sloane Bar set the stage for Marc Jacobs’ post-show extravaganza, with a fashionable melange of models fresh from the runway at the New York Public Library, drag queens, nightlife impresarios, and friends of the brands enjoying one of the bar’s specialty martinis in the moody space.
—Sam Falb, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mélange.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/m%C3%A9lange. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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