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motley

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[ mot-lee ]

adjective

  1. exhibiting great diversity of elements:

    a motley crowd.

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    Antonyms: , , , ,

  2. being of different colors combined:

    a motley flower border.

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    Antonyms: ,

  3. wearing a parti-colored garment:

    a motley fool.



noun

plural motleys.
  1. a combination of different colors.
  2. a parti-colored effect.
  3. the parti-colored garment of a jester.
  4. a heterogeneous assemblage.
  5. a medley.

    Synonyms: , , , , , , , ,

Motley

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[ mot-lee ]

noun

  1. John Lo路throp [loh, -thr, uh, p], 1814鈥77, U.S. historian and diplomat.

motley

/ 藞尘蓲迟濒瑟 /

adjective

  1. made up of elements of varying type, quality, etc
  2. multicoloured
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a motley collection or mixture
  2. the particoloured attire of a jester
  3. obsolete.
    a jester
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of motley1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English motele, motlay, mottelay 鈥渕ixture of colors, variegated; a parti-colored garment鈥; of uncertain origin; perhaps akin to mote 1. See -ly ( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of motley1

C14: perhaps from mot speck, mote 1
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One of the key modernist figures formed her dance company 60 years ago as a motley troop of five women who danced spontaneously outdoors for passersby.

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To this day, she shares her home with a motley crew of horses, dogs and cats 鈥 either rescued or invited in because they arrived one day and refused to leave.

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It was such a weird, motley crew of people 鈥 Jersey Shore-type guys.鈥

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