[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

motley \mot"ley\, a. oe. mottelee, motle; cf. of. mattel'e
   clotted, curdled, of, ciel mattonn'e a mottled sky, mate,
   maton, curdled milk, prov. g. matte curd. cf. mottle.
   1. variegated in color; consisting of different colors;
      dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
      1913 webster

   2. wearing motley or party-colored clothing. see motley,
      n., 1. "a motley fool." --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously
      made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley
      style. --byron.
      1913 webster
see also:
mottle motley 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

motley \mot"ley\, n.
   1. a combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored
      cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.
      --chaucer. "motley 's the only wear." --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, a jester, a fool. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   man of motley, a fool. obs. --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster
see also:
man of motley 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

motley
     adj 1: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
            even to the point of incongruity; "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,
             sundrya
     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, multicolour, multicolored,
         multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured,
         piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured
     n 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
     2: a garment made of motley especially a court jester's
        costume
     3: a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th
        to 17th century england
     v 1: make something more diverse and varied; "vary the menu"
          syn: vary, variegate
     2: make motley; color with different colors syn: parti-color
see also:
assorted miscellaneous mixed sundrya calico multicolor 
multicolour multicolored multicoloured painted particolored 
particoloured piebald pied varicolored varicoloured 
assortment mixture mixed bag miscellany miscellanea 
variety salmagundi smorgasbord potpourri vary 
variegate parti-color 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

265 moby thesaurus words for "motley":
   columbine, hanswurst, harlequin, pantalone, pantaloon,
   polichinelle, pulcinella, punch, punchinello, scaramouch,
   amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assorted,
   assortment, at odds, at variance, ballet skirt, band, bar,
   bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, bicolor, bicolored, bladder, blended,
   blotch, buffo, buffoon, buskin, calico, cap and bells, capricious,
   changeable, changing, check, checker, choppy, chromatic, clouded,
   clown, cold, colluvies, colorful, colorific, coloring, colory,
   combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conglomerate,
   contrary, contrasted, contrasting, cool, costume, coxcomb, crazy,
   daedal, dapple, dappled, departing, deviating, deviative,
   deviatory, dichromatic, different, differentiated, differing,
   disaccordant, disagreeing, discolor, discordant, discrepant,
   discrete, discriminated, disguise, disjoined, disorderly,
   disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished,
   divaricate, divergent, diverging, divers, divers-colored, diverse,
   diversified, diversiform, dot, eclectic, equivocal, erose, erratic,
   fifty-fifty, flake, fleck, fool, freckle, gallimaufry, getup,
   glowing, half-and-half, harlequin, harmonious, heterogeneous,
   hodgepodge, idiot, impulsive, in disagreement, inaccordant,
   incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inconstant,
   indiscriminate, inharmonious, intricate, iris, ironic,
   irreconcilable, irregular, jack-pudding, jagged, jerky, jester,
   jumble, jumbled, kaleidoscopic, maculate, many, many-colored,
   many-sided, marble, marbled, marbleize, masquerade, matching,
   medley, mercurial, merry-andrew, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed,
   monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, motley fool, mottle,
   mottled, multicolor, multicolored, multicolorous, multifaceted,
   multifarious, multihued, multinational, multiracial, mutable,
   nonconformist, nonstandard, nonuniform, omnium-gatherum, outfit,
   parti-color, parti-colored, pastiche, patchy, pepper,
   pepper-and-salt, pickle-herring, piebald, pied, pigmentary, pinto,
   pluralistic, poles apart, poles asunder, polychromatic, polychrome,
   polychromic, polychromize, prismal, prismatic, promiscuous, ragged,
   rainbow, rig, rough, salad, scrambled, separate, separated,
   several, shot, shot through, skewbald, slapstick, sock, spangle,
   spasmodic, speck, speckle, spectral, splotch, sporadic, spot,
   sprinkle, stigmatize, stipple, streak, striate, stripe, stud,
   syncretic, tattoo, tessellate, thrown together,
   thunder and lightning, tights, tinctorial, tingent, toning,
   trichromatic, trichromic, tricolor, tricolored, tutu, two-tone,
   unconformable, uncongenial, unequable, unequal, uneven, unlike,
   unorthodox, unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, ununiform, variable,
   variant, varicolored, varied, variegate, variegated, variform,
   various, varying, vein, versicolor, versicolored, warm, wavering,
   widely apart, worlds apart, zany

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

motley, mn city, fips 44422
  location: 46.33566 n, 94.64325 w
  population 1990: 441 219 housing units
  area: 3.2 sq km land, 0.2 sq km water

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

motley -- u.s. county in texas
   population 2000:    1426
   housing units 2000: 839
   land area 2000:     989.377882 sq. miles 2562.476841 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.430342 sq. miles 1.114580 sq. km
   total area 2000:    989.808224 sq. miles 2563.591421 sq. km
   located within:       texas tx, fips 48
   location:             34.084808 n, 100.789688 w
   headwords:
    motley
    motley, tx
    motley county
    motley county, tx

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

motley, mn -- u.s. city in minnesota
   population 2000:    585
   housing units 2000: 270
   land area 2000:     1.321566 sq. miles 3.422839 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.067839 sq. miles 0.175703 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.389405 sq. miles 3.598542 sq. km
   fips code:            44422
   located within:       minnesota mn, fips 27
   location:             46.335089 n, 94.645866 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    motley, mn
    motley

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