Meaning of MOTLEY
| Pronunciation: | | 'mâtlee
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | 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 |
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| | 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 | |
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\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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