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medley (n.)

c. 1300, "hand-to-hand combat, war, battle," a sense now obsolete, from Old French medlee, variant of meslee, from mesler "to mix, mingle, meddle" (see meddle). From mid-14c. as "cloth made of wools dyed and mingled before being spun," whether of one color or many, but especially pied cloth. The general meaning "a combination, a mixture" is from c. 1400; that of "musical composition or entertainment consisting of diverse parts from different sources" is from 1620s.

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Definitions of medley from WordNet

medley (n.)
a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources;
Synonyms: potpourri / pastiche
From wordnet.princeton.edu