Words from Popular Literature Not in OED

[Wilson Gray]

Mark writes:

"Some of the contributors to this thread seem to be
unaware that the word existed before Frank Herbert."

Exactly so, Mark. I didn't quite have the 'nads to state it so clearly
and so concisely. :-)

-Wilson

On 11/8/06, Mark A. Mandel <mamandel at ldc.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> Wilson wrote:
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> 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.
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> I'm with you, man. Some of the contributors to this thread seem to be=20
> unaware that the word existed before Frank Herbert. OED Online:
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> m=E9lange, n. [The presence or absence of the acute accent is just one of a=
> =20
> number of variations in spelling and capitalization. -- MAM]
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>     1. gen. A mixture, combination, or blend; a collection of heterogeneous=
> =20
> items or elements; a hotchpotch, a medley.
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> 1653 J. HALL Paradoxes 112 The sweetnesses and killing languors of their=20
> eyes, the meslange and harmony of their colours. 1697 J. EVELYN Numismata=
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> vi. 213 Many exquisitely wrought Vessels..of that precious Melange. [...]
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