Meaning & Definition of Motley in English

1. 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"

2. A garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)

3. A multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century england

1. Make something more diverse and varied

• "Vary the menu"

2. Make motley

• Color with different colors

1. Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

• "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

2. 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"