medley
See also: Medley
English
Etymology
From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from Late Latin misculata, feminine past participle of Vulgar Latin *misculō (“to mix”). Compare meddle, also melee.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɛdli/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
medley (plural medleys)
- (now rare, archaic) Combat, fighting; a battle. [from 14thc.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter lxxj, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
- Thenne came the kyng of Irland and the kynge of the stryete marches to rescowe syre Tristram and sire Palomydes / There beganne a grete medle / & many knyghtes were smyten doune on bothe partyes / and alweyes sir launcelot spared sir Tristram / and he spared hym
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- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter lxxj, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
- A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things. [from 17thc.]
- a fruit medley
- Addison
- this medley of philosophy and war
- W. Walsh
- Love is a medley of endearments, jars, / Suspicions, reconcilements, wars.
- (music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17thc.]
- They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.
- (swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. [from 20th c.]
- A cloth of mixed colours.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)
Synonyms
Translations
collection or mixture of things
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Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛdli/, [ˈmɛd̥li]
Inflection
Declension of medley
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | medley | medleyet | medleyer | medleyerne |
genitive | medleys | medleyets | medleyers | medleyernes |
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: med‧ley
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