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motley

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motley in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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
    assorted  miscellaneous  mixed  motley  sundry 
  2. 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"
    motley  calico  multicolor  multi-color  multicolour  multi-colour  multicolored  multi-colored  multicoloured  multi-coloured  painted  particolored  particoloured  piebald  pied  varicolored  varicoloured 
noun
  1. 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"
    assortment  mixture  mixed bag  miscellany  miscellanea  variety  salmagundi  smorgasbord  potpourri  motley 
  2. a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
    motley 
  3. a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
    motley 
verb
  1. make motley; color with different colors
    motley  parti-color 
  2. make something more diverse and varied
    "Vary the menu"
    vary  variegate  motley 
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