What's The Definition Of Motley?
[n] a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
[n] a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
[n] a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"
[adj] 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"
[adj] consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "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
[v] make motley; color with different colors
[v] make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Motley: assorted |
assortment |
colored |
colorful |
coloured |
heterogeneous |
heterogenous |
in color(p) |
miscellanea |
miscellaneous |
miscellany |
mixed |
mixed bag |
mixture |
multicolor |
multicolored |
multicolour |
multicoloured |
painted |
parti-color |
particolored |
particoloured |
piebald |
pied |
potpourri |
salmagundi |
sundry(a) |
varicolored |
varicoloured |
variegate |
variety |
vary
Related Terms | Find terms related to Motley: amalgamated |
ambiguous |
ambivalent |
amphibious |
assorted |
assortment |
at odds |
at variance |
ballet skirt |
band |
bar |
bespangle |
bespeckle |
bespot |
bicolor |
bicolored |
bladder |
blended |
blotch |
buffo |
buffoon |
buskin |
calico |
cap and bells |
capricious |
changeable |
changing |
check |
checker |
choppy |
chromatic |
clouded |
clown |
cold |
colluvies |
colorful |
colorific |
coloring |
colory |
Columbine |
combined |
complex |
composite |
compound |
compounded |
conglomerate |
contrary |
contrasted |
contrasting |
cool |
costume |
coxcomb |
crazy |
daedal |
dapple |
dappled |
departing |
deviating |
deviative |
deviatory |
dichromatic |
different |
differentiated |
differing |
disaccordant |
disagreeing |
discolor |
discordant |
discrepant |
discrete |
discriminated |
disguise |
disjoined |
disorderly |
disparate |
dissimilar |
dissonant |
distinct |
distinguished |
divaricate |
divergent |
diverging |
divers |
divers-colored |
diverse |
diversified |
diversiform |
dot |
eclectic |
equivocal |
erose |
erratic |
fifty-fifty |
flake |
fleck |
fool |
freckle |
gallimaufry |
getup |
glowing |
half-and-half |
Hanswurst |
Harlequin |
harmonious |
heterogeneous |
hodgepodge |
idiot |
impulsive |
in disagreement |
inaccordant |
incompatible |
incongruous |
inconsistent |
inconsonant |
inconstant |
indiscriminate |
inharmonious |
intricate |
iris |
ironic |
irreconcilable |
irregular |
jack-pudding |
jagged |
jerky |
jester |
jumble |
jumbled |
kaleidoscopic |
maculate |
many |
many-colored |
many-sided |
marble |
marbled |
marbleize |
masquerade |
matching |
medley |
mercurial |
merry-andrew |
mingled |
miscellaneous |
mixed |
monochromatic |
monochrome |
monochromic |
motley fool |
mottle |
mottled |
multicolor |
multicolored |
multicolorous |
multifaceted |
multifarious |
multihued |
multinational |
multiracial |
mutable |
nonconformist |
nonstandard |
nonuniform |
omnium-gatherum |
outfit |
Pantalone |
Pantaloon |
parti-color |
parti-colored |
pastiche |
patchy |
pepper |
pepper-and-salt |
pickle-herring |
piebald |
pied |
pigmentary |
pinto |
pluralistic |
poles apart |
poles asunder |
Polichinelle |
polychromatic |
polychrome |
polychromic |
polychromize |
prismal |
prismatic |
promiscuous |
Pulcinella |
Punch |
Punchinello |
ragged |
rainbow |
rig |
rough |
salad |
Scaramouch |
scrambled |
separate |
separated |
several |
shot |
shot through |
skewbald |
slapstick |
sock |
spangle |
spasmodic |
speck |
speckle |
spectral |
splotch |
sporadic |
spot |
sprinkle |
stigmatize |
stipple |
streak |
striate |
stripe |
stud |
syncretic |
tattoo |
tessellate |
thrown together |
thunder and lightning |
tights |
tinctorial |
tingent |
toning |
trichromatic |
trichromic |
tricolor |
tricolored |
tutu |
two-tone |
unconformable |
uncongenial |
unequable |
unequal |
uneven |
unlike |
unorthodox |
unstable |
unsteady |
unsystematic |
ununiform |
variable |
variant |
varicolored |
varied |
variegate |
variegated |
variform |
various |
varying |
vein |
versicolor |
versicolored |
warm |
wavering |
widely apart |
worlds apart |
zany
See Also | accumulation |
aggregation |
assemblage |
checker |
chequer |
cloth |
collection |
color |
color in |
colorise |
colorize |
colour |
colour in |
colourise |
colourize |
diversify |
fabric |
farrago |
garment |
hodgepodge |
hotchpotch |
material |
melange |
mingle-mangle |
mishmash |
motley |
oddments |
odds and ends |
omnium-gatherum |
ragbag |
range |
sampler |
selection |
textile
Motley In Webster's Dictionary
\Mot"ley\, a. [OE. mottelee, motle; cf. OF. mattel['e]
clotted, curdled, OF, ciel mattonn['e] a mottled sky, mate,
maton, curdled milk, Prov. G. matte curd. Cf. {Mottle}.]
1. Variegated in color; consisting of different colors;
dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
2. Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See {Motley},
n., 1. ``A motley fool.'' --Shak.
3. Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously
made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley
style. --Byron.
\Mot"ley\, n.
1. A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored
cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.
--Chaucer. ``Motley 's the only wear.'' --Shak.
2. Hence, a jester, a fool. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Man of motley}, a fool. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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