Word of the Day – Medley

Medley (noun)

med-lee

a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble.

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from Anglo-French, Old French medlee, mellee, noun and adjective use of feminine of past participle of medler “to mix, fight”; meddle

Example sentences

“After my foraging walk, I cooked myself up a mushroom medley.”