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motley
noun
1 motley
A collection containing a variety of sorts of things.
synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety.
Dutch: gemengde berichten, assortiment, mengeling
Polish: zasób, asortyment
2 motley
A garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume).
3 motley
A multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England.
verb
1 motley
Make something more diverse and varied.
synonyms: variegate, vary.
2 motley
Make motley; color with different colors.
synonym: parti-color.
adjective
1 motley
Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds:
— A motley crew.
synonyms: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry.
Roget 41:
mixed
etc.
v.;
implex†,
composite,
half-and-half,
linsey-woolsey,
chowchow,
hybrid,
mongrel,
heterogeneous;
motley
etc.
(variegated)
440;
miscellaneous,
promiscuous,
indiscriminate;
miscible.
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Roget 81:
polymorphous,
multiform,
multifold,
multifarious,
multigenerous†,
multiplex;
heterogeneous,
diversified,
dissimilar,
various,
varied,
variform†;
manifold,
many-sided;
variegated,
motley,
mosaic;
epicene,
indiscriminate,
desultory,
irregular;
mixed,
different,
assorted,
mingled,
odd,
diverse,
divers;
all manner of,
of every description,
of all sorts and kinds,
et hoc genus omne [Lat.];
and what not;?
de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis [Lat.].
jumbled,
confused,
mixed up,
discordant;
inharmonious,
unmatched,
unrelated,
nonuniform.
omniform†,
omnigenous†,
omnifarious†;
protean
(form)
240.
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2 motley
Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly:
— A jester dressed in motley.
synonyms: calico, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured ... show more.
Roget 440:
variegated
etc.
v.;
many-colored,
many-hued;
divers-colored,
party-colored;
dichromatic,
polychromatic;
bicolor†,
tricolor,
versicolor†;
of all the colors of the rainbow,
of all manner of colors;
kaleidoscopic.
iridescent;
opaline†,
opalescent;
prismatic,
nacreous,
pearly,
shot,
gorge de pigeon,
chatoyant†;
irisated†,
pavonine†.
pied,
piebald;
motley;
mottled,
marbled;
pepper and salt,
paned,
dappled,
clouded,
cymophanous†.
mosaic,
tesselated,
plaid;
tortoise shell
etc.
n..
spotted,
spotty;
punctated†,
powdered;
speckled
etc.
v.;
freckled,
flea-bitten,
studded;
flecked,
fleckered†;
striated,
barred,
veined;
brinded†,
brindled;
tabby;
watered;
grizzled;
listed;
embroidered
etc.
v.;
daedal†;
naevose†,
stipiform†;
strigose†,
striolate†.
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Polish: pstry, pstrokaty
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