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motley - Dictionary definition and meaning for word motley
Definition
(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Synonyms : assortment , miscellanea , miscellany , mixed bag , mixture , potpourri , salmagundi , smorgasbord , variety
Example Sentence
- a great assortment of cars was on display
- he had a variety of disorders
- a veritable smorgasbord of religions
Definition
(noun) a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume) Definition
(noun) a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England Definition
(verb) make something more diverse and varied
Synonyms : variegate , vary
Example Sentence
- Vary the menu
Definition
(verb) make motley; color with different colors
Synonyms : parti-color
Definition
(adj) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
Synonyms : assorted , miscellaneous , mixed , sundry
Example Sentence
- 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
Definition
(adj) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
Synonyms : calico , multi-color , multi-colored , multi-colour , multi-coloured , multicolor , multicolored , multicolour , multicoloured , painted , particolored , particoloured , piebald , pied , varicolored , varicoloured
Example Sentence
- a jester dressed in motley
- the painted desert
- a particolored dress
- a piebald horse
- pied daisies

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for motley

If you and your friend goto shopping, he would suggest you in Hindi "Yeh Dress Math (MOT-Don't) LEY (take),Joker ki thara dhikegha". It didnt suit u as it was multi-coloured!

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sounds like a medley of coulours..

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rearrange motley <> moltey (multi)colored

9 3

sounds close to the few words of the song " more rang de(ley) basanti"

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motley>> multiLayer (of colour )

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