Associations to the word «Medley»

Wiktionary

MEDLEY, noun. (now rare) (archaic) Combat, fighting; a battle. [from 14thc.]
MEDLEY, noun. A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things. [from 17thc.]
MEDLEY, noun. (music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17thc.]
MEDLEY, noun. (swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. [from 20th c.]
MEDLEY, noun. A cloth of mixed colours.
MEDLEY, verb. (music) To combine, to form a medley.

Dictionary definition

MEDLEY, noun. A musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats