chance-medleyn.

/tʃɑːnsˈmɛdli/

/tʃansˈmɛdli/

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman chance medlée mixed or mingled chance or casualty: see chance n., adj., and adv.; medler is a variant of mesler to mix, mingle: see meddle n. From the fact that medley is also a noun, and chance medley a possible combination in the sense of ‘fortuitous medley’, the meaning has often been mistaken, and the expression misused.

a. Law. Accident or casualty not purely accidental, but of a mixed character. Chiefly in manslaughter by chance-medley (for which later writers often use chance-medley itself): ‘the casual killing of a man, not altogether without the killer's fault, though without an evil intent; homicide by misadventure; homicide mixt’ (Cowel).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > [noun] > in law

manslaughtera1325

misadventurea1325

chance-medleya1513

death by misadventure1800

homicide by misadventure1800

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > criminal intent > act not purely accidental

chance-medleya1513

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxix Sir Thomas de Agorne..was by chaunce medley slayne of a Bryton knyght.

1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 14 Sayntuary for that..offence of..manslaughter by chaunce medly.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iii. viii. 74 b That had doen any murther unware or by chauncemedly.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 390 If a man had committed manslaughter by chauncemedley.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 44/1 William Rufus..receiued his deaths wound by casualtie or chancemedlie.

1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 9 To put a difference betweene homicide by chaunce-medley and murder.

1631 J. Taylor Sudden Turn Fortunes Wheel (1848) Pref. Is hap turn'd haples, or is chance chance medly?

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Manslaughter..differs from Murder, because it is not done with foregoing malice; and from Chancemedley, because it has a present intent to kill.

1742 London Mag. 359 The Jury found it Chance Medley.

1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 82 Why does..Hamlet, after murdering Polonius, die by chance medley?

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. ii. 155 If without thine intention..by chancemedly thou hittest Scripture in ordinary discourse, yet fly to the city of refuge, and pray to God to forgive thee.

1730 J. Swift Vindic. Ld. C—— 30 By meer Chance-medley shot his own Fortune dead with a single Text.

2. Inadvertency, haphazard or random action, into which chance largely enters. (Erroneously put for ‘pure chance’, and for ‘a fortuitous medley or confusion’.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > haphazardness or randomness

catch as catch cana1393

die1548

hazard1548

random1565

haphazard1569

chance-medley1583

lay1584

lottery1593

haphazarding1787

randomness1803

haphazardness1857

happy-go-luckiness1866

chanciness1870

flukiness1888

haphazardry1910

randomicity1936

1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. vii. 319 You make them in the case of chance medley, that have translated ‘sheol’ a grave.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 47 This is true in the generall right of marriage but not in the chance medley of every particular match.

1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 858 Whom thou wilt chuse..Is all chance-medley and unknown to me.

1849 F. B. Head Stokers & Pokers (1851) viii. 72 The strange chance~medley of objects before us.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 70 Left to the guidance of unreason and chance medley.

3. attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly

into uncertain1382

uncertainlya1387

at adventure (also adventures)c1390

at or on six and sevena1398

auntersa1450

at all adventure (also adventures)1485

by hab or by nab1530

at rovers (rarely rover)c1531

hab or nab1542

hitty-missy1553

rovingly1583

haphazard1600

random1619

unsight, unseena1627

happy-be-lucky1633

cross and pile1648

temerariously1669

happy-go-lucky1672

à tort et à travers1749

randomly1765

chance-medley1822

haphazardly1832

willy-nilly1908

by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall xxvii. 247 Having been handled rather roughly..in the chance-medley affair of May-day.

1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. iii. ii. 263 Such lax, chance-medley maxims.

1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) iv. §22. 159 By a simple chance-medley confusion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	chance-medley
释义	chance-medleyn. /tʃɑːnsˈmɛdli//tʃansˈmɛdli/ Etymology: < Anglo-Norman chance medlée mixed or mingled chance or casualty: see chance n., adj., and adv.; medler is a variant of mesler to mix, mingle: see meddle n. From the fact that medley is also a noun, and chance medley a possible combination in the sense of ‘fortuitous medley’, the meaning has often been mistaken, and the expression misused. 1. a. Law. Accident or casualty not purely accidental, but of a mixed character. Chiefly in manslaughter by chance-medley (for which later writers often use chance-medley itself): ‘the casual killing of a man, not altogether without the killer's fault, though without an evil intent; homicide by misadventure; homicide mixt’ (Cowel). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > [noun] > in law manslaughtera1325 misadventurea1325 chance-medleya1513 death by misadventure1800 homicide by misadventure1800 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > criminal intent > act not purely accidental chance-medleya1513 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxix Sir Thomas de Agorne..was by chaunce medley slayne of a Bryton knyght. 1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 14 Sayntuary for that..offence of..manslaughter by chaunce medly. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iii. viii. 74 b That had doen any murther unware or by chauncemedly. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 390 If a man had committed manslaughter by chauncemedley. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 44/1 William Rufus..receiued his deaths wound by casualtie or chancemedlie. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 9 To put a difference betweene homicide by chaunce-medley and murder. 1631 J. Taylor Sudden Turn Fortunes Wheel (1848) Pref. Is hap turn'd haples, or is chance chance medly? 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Manslaughter..differs from Murder, because it is not done with foregoing malice; and from Chancemedley, because it has a present intent to kill. 1742 London Mag. 359 The Jury found it Chance Medley. 1855 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) i. 82 Why does..Hamlet, after murdering Polonius, die by chance medley? b. figurative. ΚΠ 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. ii. 155 If without thine intention..by chancemedly thou hittest Scripture in ordinary discourse, yet fly to the city of refuge, and pray to God to forgive thee. 1730 J. Swift Vindic. Ld. C—— 30 By meer Chance-medley shot his own Fortune dead with a single Text. 2. Inadvertency, haphazard or random action, into which chance largely enters. (Erroneously put for ‘pure chance’, and for ‘a fortuitous medley or confusion’.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > haphazardness or randomness catch as catch cana1393 die1548 hazard1548 random1565 haphazard1569 chance-medley1583 lay1584 lottery1593 haphazarding1787 randomness1803 haphazardness1857 happy-go-luckiness1866 chanciness1870 flukiness1888 haphazardry1910 randomicity1936 1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. vii. 319 You make them in the case of chance medley, that have translated ‘sheol’ a grave. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 47 This is true in the generall right of marriage but not in the chance medley of every particular match. 1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 858 Whom thou wilt chuse..Is all chance-medley and unknown to me. View more context for this quotation 1849 F. B. Head Stokers & Pokers (1851) viii. 72 The strange chance~medley of objects before us. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 70 Left to the guidance of unreason and chance medley. 3. attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly into uncertain1382 uncertainlya1387 at adventure (also adventures)c1390 at or on six and sevena1398 auntersa1450 at all adventure (also adventures)1485 by hab or by nab1530 at rovers (rarely rover)c1531 hab or nab1542 hitty-missy1553 rovingly1583 haphazard1600 random1619 unsight, unseena1627 happy-be-lucky1633 cross and pile1648 temerariously1669 happy-go-lucky1672 à tort et à travers1749 randomly1765 chance-medley1822 haphazardly1832 willy-nilly1908 by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall xxvii. 247 Having been handled rather roughly..in the chance-medley affair of May-day. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. iii. ii. 263 Such lax, chance-medley maxims. 1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) iv. §22. 159 By a simple chance-medley confusion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1513
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