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medley noun [ ˈmɛdli ]

• a varied mixture of people or things.
• "an interesting medley of flavours"
Similar: assortment, miscellany, mixture, melange, blend, variety, mixed bag, mix, diversity, collection, selection, assemblage, combination, motley collection, pot-pourri, conglomeration, jumble, mess, confusion, mishmash, hotchpotch, hodgepodge, ragbag, pastiche, patchwork, farrago, hash, scissors-and-paste job, mash-up, gallimaufry, omnium gatherum, olio, salmagundi, macédoine,

medley adjective

• mixed; motley.
• "a medley range of vague and variable impressions"

medley verb

• make a medley of; intermix.
• "the medlied establishments of the native chiefs"
Origin: Middle English (denoting hand-to-hand combat, also cloth made of variegated wool): from Old French medlee, variant of meslee ‘melee’, based on medieval Latin misculare ‘to mix’; compare with meddle.


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