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Word of the Day – Amalgam

By October 29, 2019Word of the Day

Amalgam (noun)

a-mal-gam

A mixture or blend.

Late 15th century from French amalgame or medieval Latin amalgama, from Greek malagma ‘an emollient’.

Example sentences

“It offers an odd amalgam of the traditional and the modern.”

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