Medley
[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.
adjective
3.
Archaic. mixed; mingled.
/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
4.
an archaic word for melee
adjective
5.
of, being, or relating to a mixture or variety
n.
c.1300, “hand-to-hand combat,” from Old French medlee, variant of meslee (see meddle). Meaning “combination, mixture” is from mid-15c.; that of “musical combination consisting of diverse parts” is from 1620s.
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