motley has definitions from the fields of clothing,fine art,color
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[ noun ] (clothing) a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)

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garment

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[ noun ] a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

Examples

"a great assortment of cars was on display" "he had a variety of disorders" "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"

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[ verb ] (fine art,color) make motley; color with different colors

Synonyms

parti-color

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color color

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[ verb ] make something more diverse and varied

Synonyms

vary variegate

Examples

"Vary the menu"

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diversify checker assortment

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[ adjective ] (color) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

Examples

"a jester dressed in motley" "the painted desert," "a particolored dress" "a piebald horse" "pied daisies"

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colored

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[ adjective ] consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity)

Examples

"an arrangement of assorted spring flowers" "assorted sizes" "miscellaneous accessories" "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music" "a motley crew"

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heterogeneous

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[ adjective ] having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

Examples

"a jester dressed in motley" "the painted desert" "a particolored dress" "a piebald horse" "pied daisies"

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colored

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2628
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[ noun ] (clothing) a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England

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fabric

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