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medley
[ med-lee ]
/ ËmÉd li /
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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.
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Origin of medley
First recorded in 1300â50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) âbattle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,â from Anglo-French, Old French medlee, mellee, noun and adjective use of feminine of past participle of medler âto mix, fightâ; see origin at meddle
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medium wave, medius, medivac, medlar, Med. Lat., medley, medley relay, Médoc, Medon, medrese, medroxyprogesterone
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British Dictionary definitions for medley
medley
/ (ËmÉdlÉȘ) /
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
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