medley.
Combat, fighting; a battle.
Meaning & usage
Combat, fighting; a battle.
A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece.
A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
A cloth of mixed colours.
Where this word comes from
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.
To combine, to form a medley.
Where this word comes from
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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