motley
motley definition
mot·ley (mät′lē)
adjective
- of many colors or patches of color
- Rare wearing many-colored garments a motley fool
- having or composed of many different or clashing elements; heterogeneous a motley group
Etymology: ME mottley < ?
noun
- cloth of mixed colors
- Rare a garment of various colors, worn by a clown or jester
- Rare a fool or jester
- a combination of diverse or clashing elements
Motley definition
Mot·ley (mät′lē)
Motley,
John Lothrop (lō′t̸hrəp) 1814-77; U.S. historian & diplomat
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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