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Definitions for Motley

[1] exhibiting great diversity of elements: a motley crowd.
[2] being of different colors combined: a motley flower border.
[3] wearing a parti-colored garment: a motley fool.
[4] a combination of different colors.
[5] a parti-colored effect.
[6] the parti-colored garment of a jester.
[7] a heterogeneous assemblage.
[8] a medley.
[9] John Lo·throp [loh -thruh  p] /ˈloʊ θrəp/ , 1814–77, U.S. historian and diplomat.
[10] made up of elements of varying type, quality, etc
[11] multicoloured
[12] a motley collection or mixture
[13] the particoloured attire of a jester
[14] obsolete a jester

Words related to Motley

kaleidoscopic, disparate, conglomerate, rainbow, assorted, diversified, variegated, mottled, dappled, mixed, discrepant, dissimilar, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, miscellaneous, multicolored, unlike, various, multicolor, multiform

Words nearby Motley

motive, motive power, motivic, motivity, motlanthe, motley, motmot, moto, moto perpetuo, motocross, motofacient

Origin of Motley

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at mote1, -ly

Word origin for Motley

C14: perhaps from mot speck, mote 1

Synonyms for Motley

disparate, kaleidoscopic, assorted, conglomerate, dappled, diversified, mingled, mixed, mottled, rainbow, variegated, discrepant, dissimilar, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, miscellaneous, multicolor, multicolored, multiform, multihued, polychromatic, prismatic, unlike, varicolored, various, versicolor