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noun

Medley n. (pl. medleys)

A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; often used contemptuously. "This medley of philosophy and war." "Love is a medley of endearments, jars, Suspicions, reconcilements, wars."

The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a mêlée. (Obs.)

(Mus.) A composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri. Note: Medley is usually applied to vocal, potpourri to instrumental, compositions.

A cloth of mixed colors.

adjective

Medley adj.

Mixed; of mixed material or color. (Obs.) "A medlé coat."

Mingled; confused.

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Etymology of 'Medley'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Medley" Quotes from Famous Books

... aisle of bloom of locust and peach and mulberry and honeysuckle and long trails of a purple vine of such a surprise of beauty as to make one incredible that he saw aright—bushes pluming white to the wind, and over all a medley of honey and almond and spicy scents seeming to penetrate the very soul, that I was set to reflecting in the midst of my sadness of renunciation of my love, and my anxiety for her if, after all, such roads of blessing ...

— The Heart's Highway - A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeeth Century • Mary E. Wilkins

... was a rummish piece of business altogether. There was a large party of dancing fashionables all met together for a little jig in St. Martin's lane, and a very pretty medley there was of them. The fiddlers wagg'd their elbows, and the lads and lasses their trotters, till about one o'clock, when, just as they were in the midst of a quadrille, in burst the officers, and quickly changed the tune. The appearance of these gentlemen had an instantaneous effect ...

— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. • Pierce Egan

... ever, a delightful medley of impulses, whims, and fancies. For him there was always some magic about her; in her pale radiance he still found the ...

— Love's Shadow • Ada Leverson

... then a low murmur of heart-broken complaint came from her lips, and was heard distinctly over the church. Other women began to weep. The minister prayed, and his words of comfort seemed like the air in a discordant medley of sorrow. ...

— The Portion of Labor • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

... medley of sound from the dance hall seemed only to intensify the silence in the room. Slimmy Jack stood motionless at the side of the safe, his elbow resting against the old-fashioned, protruding upper hinge. A minute, two, another, and still another dragged ...

— The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard

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