medley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Combat, fighting; a battle.
  2. A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
  3. A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
  4. A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
  5. A cloth of mixed colours.
verb
  1. To combine, to form a medley.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A place name:
  3. A town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States.
  5. A community in the city of Cold Lake, Municipal District of Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada.

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛdli/ En-us-medley.ogg

Word forms

medley medleys medleying medleyed

Etymology

From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō (“to mix”). Compare meddle. Doublet of melee.

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