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noun
1.
a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
2.
confusion; turmoil; jumble: the melee of Christmas shopping.
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Melee
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example Sentences
- At least one person was hurt in the melee.
- So what is making me do it, making me re-enter the emotional melee that is the job search? A variety of reasons, all good.
- In the resulting melee, two officers were injured and five businesses damaged.
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Word Origin & History
melee
1648, from Fr. mêlée, from O.Fr. meslee "confused fight, mixture," from fem. pp. of mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). See also medley.
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