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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mot•ley /ˈmɑtli/USA pronunciation adj. - showing greatly different elements or parts that make up the whole;
heterogeneous:a motley crowd of spectators. - being of different colors combined.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mot•ley (mot′lē),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -leys. adj. - exhibiting great diversity of elements;
heterogeneous:a motley crowd. - being of different colors combined;
parti-colored:a motley flower border. - wearing a parti-colored garment:a motley fool.
n. - a combination of different colors.
- a parti-colored effect.
- the parti-colored garment of a jester.
- a heterogeneous assemblage.
- a medley.
- 1350–1400; Middle English; see mote1, -ly
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . varied, mixed, incongruous.
Mot•ley (mot′lē),USA pronunciation n. John Lo•throp (lō′thrəp),USA pronunciation 1814–77, U.S. historian and diplomat.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: motley /ˈmɒtlɪ/ adj - made up of elements of varying type, quality, etc
- multicoloured
n - a motley collection or mixture
- the particoloured attire of a jester
Etymology: 14th Century: perhaps from mot speck, mote1 |