 motley |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (clothing) a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume) | |
| Related terms: | garment | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | |
| Synonyms: | variety mixture potpourri assortment salmagundi miscellanea mixed_bag smorgasbord miscellany | |
| Examples: | "a great assortment of cars was on display" "he had a variety of disorders" "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" |
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| Related terms: | collection odds_and_ends selection sampler range witch's_brew grab_bag alphabet_soup vary | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (fine art,color) make motley; color with different colors | |
| Synonyms: | parti-color | |
| Related terms: | color color | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make something more diverse and varied | |
| Synonyms: | vary variegate | |
| Examples: | "Vary the menu" |
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| Related terms: | diversify checker assortment | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (color) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | |
| Synonyms: | culticolour multicolored multicoloured painted particolored particoloured piebald pied varicolored varicoloured multicolor | |
| Examples: | "a jester dressed in motley" "the painted desert," "a particolored dress" "a piebald horse" "pied daisies" |
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| Related terms: | colored | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity) | |
| Synonyms: | mixed sundry miscellaneous assorted | |
| Examples: | "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers" "assorted sizes" "miscellaneous accessories" "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music" "a motley crew" |
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| Related terms: | heterogeneous | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | |
| Synonyms: | multicolor multicolored multicolour multicoloured painted particolored particoloured piebald pied varicolored varicoloured calico | |
| Examples: | "a jester dressed in motley" "the painted desert" "a particolored dress" "a piebald horse" "pied daisies" |
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| Related terms: | colored | |
| 8. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2628 | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (clothing) a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England | |
| Related terms: | fabric | |
| Similar spelling: |
mottle Motl motile module Mottola motel model modal Matley |
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