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motley


I - noun
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
Syn:
assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea,
variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri
Derivationally related forms:
mix (for: mixture)
Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
Hyponyms:
grab bag, witches' brew, witches' broth, witch's brew, range,
selection, odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag,
mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum,
alphabet soup, sampler
2. a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
Hypernyms:
garment
3. a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
Hypernyms:
fabric, cloth, material, textile

II - verb
1. make something more diverse and varied
- Vary the menu
Syn:
vary, variegate
Derivationally related forms:
variegation (for: variegate), variable (for: vary), variant (for: vary), variation (for: vary)
Hypernyms:
diversify
Hyponyms:
checker, chequer
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make motley;
color with different colors
Syn:
parti-color
Hypernyms:
color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize,
colour, color in, colour in
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

III - adjective
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
Syn:
assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry
Similar to:
heterogeneous, heterogenous
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
Syn:
calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour,
multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored,
particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
Similar to:
colored, coloured, colorful
Derivationally related forms:
calico (for: calico)

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