macedoine
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English
Etymology
From French Macédoine (“Macedonia”). Doublet of Macedonia.
Noun
macedoine (plural macedoines)
- A mixture of diced vegetables or fruit served as a salad.
- (figurative) A medley or mixture.
- 1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, pp 112-113.
- It was as if a shell had burst in my immediate neighbourhood... A gaping chasm opened in the hillside. The air became full of a sort of macedoine of grass, dirt, flowers and beetles.
- 1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, pp 112-113.
Synonyms
Translations
mixture of diced vegetables or fruit
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