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Meaning of motley


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  motley
      adj 1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds;
             "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted
             sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of
             baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry
             sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn:
             {assorted}, {miscellaneous}, {mixed}, {motley},
             {sundry(a)}]
      2: having sections or patches colored differently and usually
         brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert";
         "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
         [syn: {motley}, {calico}, {multicolor}, {multi-color},
         {multicolour}, {multi-colour}, {multicolored}, {multi-
         colored}, {multicoloured}, {multi-coloured}, {painted},
         {particolored}, {particoloured}, {piebald}, {pied},
         {varicolored}, {varicoloured}]
      n 1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a
           great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety
           of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn:
           {assortment}, {mixture}, {mixed bag}, {miscellany},
           {miscellanea}, {variety}, {salmagundi}, {smorgasbord},
           {potpourri}, {motley}]
      2: a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's
         costume)
      3: a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th
         to 17th century England
      v 1: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
           [syn: {vary}, {variegate}, {motley}]
      2: make motley; color with different colors [syn: {motley},
         {parti-color}]


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