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melee
What does melee mean?
melee (noun): a noisy riotous fight.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Where does melee come from?
Borrowed from French mêlée, from Old French meslee, feminine past participle of mesler (“to mix”), derived from Latin misceō (“mix”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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a noisy riotous fight
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