motley
motley is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1. "A motley fool." Shak.
- 2.Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style. Byron.
- 3.A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool. Chaucer. "Motley 's the only wear." Shak.
- 4.Hence, a jester, a fool. [Obs.] Shak. Man of motley, a fool. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acrobat
- all
- and
- assorted
- assortment
- bel
- bon
- buffoon
- cap
- caricaturist
- charlatan
- clown
- corps
- dandy
- description
- desultory
- different
- discordant
- dissimilar
- dissimilarity
- divers
- diverse
- diversified
- diversity
- epicene
- epigrammatist
- esprit
- every
- fool
- form
- gaillard
- genus
- green
- guy
- gypsy
- harlequin
- heterogeneous
- humorist
- indiscriminate
- inharmonious
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is motley.
- What is wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1. "A motley fool." Shak called?
- What is composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style. Byron called?
- What is a combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool. Chaucer. "Motley 's the only wear." Shak called?
- What is hence, a jester, a fool. [Obs.] Shak. Man of motley, a fool. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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