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medleyest

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med⋅ley

  [med-lee] noun, plural -leys, adjective
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–noun
1. a mixture, esp. 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.
Origin:
1300–50; ME medlee (n. and adj.) < AF, n. and adj. use of fem. of ptp. of medler to mix, fight; see meddle
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medley 
c.1300, "hand-to-hand combat," from O.Fr. medlee, var. of meslee (see meddle). Meaning "combination, mixture" is from c.1440; that of "musical combination consisting of diverse parts" is from 1626.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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