Words from Popular Literature Not in OED

[Mark A. Mandel]

Wilson wrote:
    >>>>>

I don't understand WTF the point is, here. Is it that the meaning of
"melange" as it's used in the _Dune_ series hasn't yet appeared in a
dictionary and some people think that it should? IMO, the question
appears to be nugatory.

 <<<<<

I'm with you, man. Some of the contributors to this thread seem to be 
unaware that the word existed before Frank Herbert. OED Online:

mélange, n. [The presence or absence of the acute accent is just one of a 
number of variations in spelling and capitalization. -- MAM]

    1. gen. A mixture, combination, or blend; a collection of heterogeneous 
items or elements; a hotchpotch, a medley.

1653 J. HALL Paradoxes 112 The sweetnesses and killing languors of their 
eyes, the meslange and harmony of their colours. 1697 J. EVELYN Numismata 
vi. 213 Many exquisitely wrought Vessels..of that precious Melange. [...]

-- Mark A. Mandel
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