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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: mêlée, from Old French mesler; MEDDLE

melée

 noun
     
mel‧ée [countable usually singular]
a situation in which a lot of people rush around in a confused way:
Luckily no one was hurt in the melée.
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