medley

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MED'LEY, noun A mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients; used often or commonly with some degree of contempt. This medley of philosophy and war. Love is a medley of endearments, jars, suspicions, reconcilements, wars--then peace again. MED'LEY, adjective Mingled; confused. [Little used.]
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