motley
see also: Motley
Pronunciation
Motley
Proper noun
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see also: Motley
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmɒtli/
motley
- Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314 ↗, page 0147 ↗:
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
- Having many colours; variegated.
- (comprising greatly varied elements) diverse, manifold; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
- (having many colours) colorful, prismatic, variegated; see also Thesaurus:multicolored
- German: zusammengewürfelt, bunt zusammengeworfen
- Italian: variegato, eterogeneo
- Portuguese: misto
- Russian: разношёрстный
- Spanish: heterogéneo, variopinto, variado, abigarrado
- German: bunt, vielfarbig
- Italian: multicolore, variegato
- Portuguese: variegado
- Russian: разноцве́тный
- Spanish: abigarrado
motley (plural motleys)
- An incongruous mixture.
- A jester's multicoloured clothes.
- (by extension) A jester; a fool.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, III. iii. 71:
- Will you be married, motley?
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 110:
- Alas, 'tis true, I have gone here and there, / And made myself a motley to the view,
- 1598, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, III. iii. 71:
- Russian: пестрота
- Spanish: mezcolanza, batiburrillo
Motley
Proper noun
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