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med·ley (med′lē)

noun pl. medleys -·leys

  1. a mixture of things not usually placed together; heterogeneous collection; hodgepodge
  2. a musical piece made up of tunes or passages from various works
  3. Archaic melee

Etymology: ME medle < OFr medlee, a mixing < fem. pp. of medler: see meddle

adjective

Archaic made up of heterogeneous parts

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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