#richard henry savage

Noun

[ mey-lahnzh, -lahnj]

1. a mixture; medley.

Origin:
1645–55; <French; Old French meslance, equivalent to mesl(er)tomix(seemeddle) + -ance noun suffix ≪ Germanic -ingō-ing¹

“The whole thing is a strange melange of official business and dying gossip!”
- RICHARD HENRY SAVAGE, A FASCINATING TRAITOR