medley
/ˈmɛdli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things.
noun
A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.
Example Sentences
- "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"
- "For greater shields they have, than that they can either doe or see ought, and being raunged by hundreds no doubt they will hinder one another in the medley, except some very few"
- "a fruit medley"
- "this medley of philosophy and war"
- "Love is a medley of endearments, jars, / Suspicions, reconcilements, wars."
- "They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore."
Etymology
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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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈmɛdli/