Thesaurus: motley

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1. a. Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
2. a. Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1.
3. n. Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style.
4. n. A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.
5. n. Hence, a jester, a fool.
6. adj. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
7. adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
8. n. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
9. n. a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
10. n. a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
11. v. make something more diverse and varied
12. v. make motley; color with different colors