MOTLEY

Definition:

1. [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"
   Synonyms: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri
   
   
2. [noun] a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
   
   
3. [noun] a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
   
   
4. [verb] make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
   Synonyms: vary, variegate
   
   
5. [verb] make motley; color with different colors
   Synonyms: parti-color
   
   
6. [adjective] consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "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
   Synonyms: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry
   
   
7. [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"
   Synonyms: calico, multicolor, multicolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
   
   

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Related Words:

• checker, chequer
• grab bag
• witches' brew, witches' broth, witch's brew
• range
• selection
• odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, hodgepodge, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum
• alphabet soup
• sampler

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