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Motley
see synonyms of motleyNoun
1. assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety
a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Example Sentences:'a great assortment of cars was on display''he had a variety of disorders''a veritable smorgasbord of religions'
2. motley
a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
3. motley
a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
Verb
make something more diverse and varied
Example Sentences:'Vary the menu'
Adjective
6. assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
Example Sentences:'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'
7. calico, motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
Example Sentences:'a jester dressed in motley''the painted desert''a particolored dress''a piebald horse''pied daisies'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Motley
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Motley
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Motley
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