
1) Assorted 2) Assortment 3) Colored 4) Coloured 5) Farrago 6) Heterogeneous 7) Heterogenous 8) Hodgepodge 9) Hotchpotch 10) Melange 11) Miscellanea 12) Miscellany 13) Mishmash 14) Mixed 15) Multicolor 16) Multicolored 17) Multicolour 18) Multicoloured 19) Oddments 20) Particolored 21) Parti coloured
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1) Assorted 2) Color with different colors 3) Colorfully diverse 4) Disparate 5) Diverse 6) French word used in English 7) Heterogeneous 8) Heterogenous 9) Kaleidoscopic 10) Kind of crew 11) Like a heterogeneous crew 12) Make motley 13) Miscellaneous 14) Mixed 15) Multicolored 16) Of many colors 17) Of varied character
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- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
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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. The word motley is described in the Oxford English Dictionary as a cognate with medley, although the unrelated mottled has also contributed to t....
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• (a.) Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat. • (a.) Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1. • (n.) A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool. • (n.) Composed of different or various par...
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Mot'ley adjective [ Middle English
mottelee ,
motle ; confer Old French
mattelé clotted, curdled, OF, ciel
mattonné a mottled sky,
mate ,
maton , curdled milk, Prov. German
matte curd. Confer
Mottle .]
1. Variegated in color; consist...
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Mot'ley noun 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. [ Obsolete]
Shak. Man of motley ,
a fool. ...
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[
adj] - having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly 2. [n] - a garment made of motley (especially a court jester`s costume) 3. [n] - a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England 4. [v] - make motley
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calico adjective 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`
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[SAT terms] consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
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