medley

medley
    n 1: a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or
         other musical pieces from various sources [syn: {medley},
         {potpourri}, {pastiche}]
    

Medley \Med"ley\, n.; pl. {Medleys}. [OE. medlee, OF. mesl['e]e,
   medl['e]e, mell['e]e, F. m[^e]l['e]e. See {Meddle}, and cf.
   {Mel['e]e}, {Mellay}.]
   1. A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients,
      usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often
      used contemptuously.
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            This medley of philosophy and war.    --Addison.
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            Love is a medley of endearments, jars,
            Suspicions, reconcilements, wars.     --W. Walsh.
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   2. The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to
      hand engagement; a m[^e]l['e]e. [Obs.] --Holland.
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   3. (Mus.) A composition of passages detached from several
      different compositions; a potpourri.
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   Note: Medley is usually applied to vocal, {potpourri} to
         instrumental, compositions.
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   4. A cloth of mixed colors. --Fuller.
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Medley \Med"ley\, a.
   1. Mixed; of mixed material or color. [Obs.] "A medl['e]
      coat." --Chaucer.
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   2. Mingled; confused. --Dryden.
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Medley, FL (town, FIPS 43900)
  Location: 25.86304 N, 80.34813 W
  Population (1990): 663 (335 housing units)
  Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
Medley, WV
  Zip code(s): 26734
    

Medley, FL -- U.S. town in Florida
   Population (2000):    1098
   Housing Units (2000): 387
   Land area (2000):     3.777563 sq. miles (9.783842 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.520218 sq. miles (1.347358 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    4.297781 sq. miles (11.131200 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            43900
   Located within:       Florida (FL), FIPS 12
   Location:             25.858307 N, 80.339141 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Medley, FL
    Medley
    

142 Moby Thesaurus words for "medley":
      agglomeration, all sorts, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent,
      amphibious, assemblage, assortment, bicolor, bicolored, blend,
      blended, brew, broad spectrum, capriccio, caprice, chromatic, cold,
      collectanea, collection, colorful, colorific, coloring, colory,
      combination, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded,
      conglomerate, conglomeration, cool, crazy, daedal, dappled,
      dichromatic, divers-colored, divertissement, eclectic, equivocal,
      fantasia, farrago, fifty-fifty, gallimaufry, glowing, goulash,
      half-and-half, harlequin, harmonious, hash, heterogeneous,
      hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch, humoresque, indiscriminate,
      intricate, ironic, jumble, jumbled, kaleidoscopic, magpie,
      many-colored, many-sided, mash, matching, melange, mess,
      mingle-mangle, mingled, miscellanea, miscellaneous, miscellany,
      mishmash, mix, mixed, mixed bag, mixture, monochromatic,
      monochrome, monochromic, motley, multicolor, multicolored,
      multicolorous, multifaceted, multinational, multiracial, oddments,
      odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium gatherum,
      omnium-gatherum, parti-color, parti-colored, pasticcio, pastiche,
      patchwork, patchy, pigmentary, pluralistic, polychromatic,
      polychrome, polychromic, potpourri, prismal, prismatic,
      promiscuous, rainbow, romance, romanza, salad, salmagundi, sauce,
      scramble, scrambled, shot, shot through, spectral, stew, sundries,
      syncretic, thrown together, thunder and lightning, tinctorial,
      tingent, toning, trichromatic, trichromic, tricolor, tricolored,
      two-tone, varicolored, varied, variegated, variety, versicolor,
      versicolored, warm, what you will