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1. motley - noun

· 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"

Synonym(s): assortment, mixture, mixed_bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri

Hypernym(s): collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage




2. motley - noun

· a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)

Hypernym(s): garment




3. motley - noun

· a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England

Hypernym(s): fabric, cloth, material, textile




4. motley - verb

· make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"

Synonym(s): vary, variegate

Hypernym(s): diversify




5. motley - verb

· make motley; color with different colors

Synonym(s): parti-color

Hypernym(s): color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color_in, colour_in




6. motley - adjective

· 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

Synonym(s): assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry




7. motley - 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"

Synonym(s): calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured





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