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motley::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | calico, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
a jester dressed in motley.
motley::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
| Type of | accumulation, collection, aggregation, assemblage |
| Has types | witches' brew, alphabet soup, farrago, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag, range, sampler, selection, witch's brew, witches' broth |
motley::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry |
a motley crew.
motley::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | garment |
Examples of motley
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The tournament features a motley and remarkable collection of the marginalised.
From the nznewsuk.co.uk
As always, the cinematic mix includes a motley group of characters and stories.
From the abcnews.go.com
What can you say about a 5-6 team that is the leader of such a motley division?
From the stltoday.com
Motley said he did not know his ex-girlfriend ever was pregnant and had a baby.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Out with The Situation Room, Wolf's late-afternoon motley of chatty diffidence.
From the theatlantic.com
So if the investigators can do it, why can't the motley rabble of deniers do it ?
From the guardian.co.uk
In front of him was a motley crew of about 50 triallists, some in borrowed boots.
From the smh.com.au
Everyone is ravenous, notwithstanding our motley collection of tummy troubles.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The photos are a motley group, including a photo of the Cook County President.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Assorted: 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
- Assortment: 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"
- Vary: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
- A garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
- 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"
- Make motley; color with different colors
- A multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
- Motley refers to the traditional costume of the court jester, or the harlequin character in commedia dell'arte. The latter wears a patchwork of red, green and blue diamonds that is still a fashion motif.
- A jester's multicoloured clothes; An incongruous mixture; Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous; Having many colours; variegated
