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Medley
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- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A place name:; A town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. countable, uncountable
- 3 A place name:; An unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
- 4 A place name:; A community in the city of Cold Lake, Municipal District of Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 1 Combat, fighting; a battle. archaic
"Thenne came the kyng of Irland and the kynge of the stryete marches to rescowe syre Tristram and sire Palomydes / There beganne a grete medle / & many knyghtes were smyten doune on bothe partyes / and alweyes sir launcelot spared sir Tristram / and he spared hym"
- 2 a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources wordnet
- 3 A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
"a fruit medley"
- 4 A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
"They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore."
- 5 A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
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- 6 A cloth of mixed colours.
"Otherwise , as our Saviour noteth , when the old Cloth was joyned to the new , it made no good medley , but the Rent was made the wors"
- 1 To combine, to form a medley.
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.
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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