Medley Definition
mĕdlē
medleys
noun
medleys
A mixture of things not usually placed together; heterogeneous collection; hodgepodge.
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A musical piece made up of tunes or passages from various works.
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Webster's New World
An event in competitive swimming in which backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle are swum in equal distances by an individual or as divisions of a relay race.
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adjective
Made up of heterogeneous parts.
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Of or having to do with a medley race.
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verb
(music) To combine, to form a medley.
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Other Word Forms of Medley
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medleysOrigin of Medley
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From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from Late Latin misculata, feminine past participle of misculare (“to mix"). Compare meddle, also melee.
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Middle English medlee from Anglo-Norman medlee meddling from past participle of medler to meddle meddle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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