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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.
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”; see origin at meddle
Words nearby medley medius, medivac, medlar, MEDLARS, Med. Lat., medley , medley relay, MEDLINE, Médoc, Medon, medorrhea
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Example sentences from the Web for medley Not to mention what happens when this medley of men comes back home.
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All at once a violent commotion, accompanied by a medley of sounds, came from the fore part of the hold.
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British Dictionary definitions for medley 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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