medley

American  

[med-lee] / ˈmɛd li /

noun

plural

medleys

1. a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble.

2. a piece of music combining tunes or passages from various sources.

   a medley of hit songs from Broadway shows.

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adjective

1. Archaic. mixed; mingled.

medley British  

/ ˈmɛdlɪ /

noun

1. a mixture of various types or elements

2. a musical composition consisting of various tunes arranged as a continuous whole

3. Also called: medley relay. 

   1. swimming a race in which a different stroke is used for each length

   2. athletics a relay race in which each leg has a different distance

4. an archaic word for melee

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adjective

1. of, being, or relating to a mixture or variety

Etymology

Origin of medley

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from Anglo-French, Old French medlee, mellee, noun and adjective use of feminine of past participle of medler “to mix, fight”; meddle

Example Sentences

She uses a medley of green vegetables with different textures, including broccolini, asparagus and peas in a pod.

From Salon

But success created an “omnivore monoculture,” an infinite tedium of false novelty such as Lil Nas X’s medley of hip-hop and country clichés, “Old Town Road.”

From The Wall Street Journal

They also feature a beautiful medley of herbs, namely parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

From Salon

They’re brimming with juice, a delicious medley of sweet, fragrant and mildly tart flavors.

From Salon

Yu is due to swim the 400m medley on Monday, an event she won at China's national swimming championships in May.

From Barron's