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‖ démêlé|demele|
[Fr.; = quarrel, contest, debate; cf. démêler to disembroil, disengage, f. des-, de- (de- I. 6) + mesler, mêler to mix.]
Discussion between parties having opposite interests; debate, contention, quarrel.
1661Evelyn Land. Swed. Amb. Diary (1892) II. 487 During this demeslè..a bold and dextrous fellow..cut the ham-strings of 2 of them. 1818Scott Br. Lamm. xxii, At the risk of a démelé with a cook. 1834Greville Mem. Geo. IV (1874) III. xxiii. 69 (Stanf.) There is a fresh démêlé with Russia. |