medley
[ med-lee ]
/ ˈmɛd li /
noun, plural med·leys.
a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble.
a piece of music combining tunes or passages from various sources: a medley of hit songs from Broadway shows.
adjective
Archaic.
mixed; mingled.
Origin of medley
1300–50; Middle English
medlee (noun and adj.) < Anglo-French, noun and adj. use of feminine of past participle of
medler to mix, fight; see
meddle
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British Dictionary definitions for medley
medley
/ (ˈmɛdlɪ) /
noun
a mixture of various types or elements
a musical composition consisting of various tunes arranged as a continuous whole
Also called: medley relay
- swimming a race in which a different stroke is used for each length
- athletics a relay race in which each leg has a different distance
an archaic word for melee
adjective
of, being, or relating to a mixture or variety
Word Origin for medley
C14: from Old French
medlee, from
medler to mix, quarrel