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Melee |
▸ a confused fight or scuffle:several people were hurt in the melee.▪ a confused crowd of people:the melee of people that were always thronging the streets. |
noun – ORIGIN mid 17th century : from French mêlée, from an Old French variant of meslee (see medley).
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Donnybrook |
▸ a scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument.raucous ideological donnybrooks. |
– ORIGIN mid 19th century : from the name of a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, formerly famous for its annual fair. |
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Fracas |
• a noisy disturbance or quarrel:The fracas was broken up by stewards. |
▸ noun(plural same /ˈfrakɑːz/ or US fracases – ORIGIN early 18th century: French , from fracasser, from Italian fracassare ‘make an uproar’. |
