medley
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
medley/ˈmedli/
▶noun (pl. medleys) a varied mixture.
■ a collection of songs or other musical items performed as a continuous piece.
■ a swimming race in which contestants swim sections in different strokes.
▶verb (past and past part. medleyed or medlied) archaic make a medley of.– origin ME (denoting hand-to-hand combat, also cloth made of variegated wool): from OFr. medlee, var. of meslee ‘melee’, based on med. L. misculare ‘to mix’; cf. meddle.
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