motley
mot lee
- n a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- n a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
- n a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
- v make something more diverse and varied
- v make motley; color with different colors
- s consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
a motley crew - s having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
a jester dressed in motley
- Our tastes are too motley, our options too many.
- Says he: "The chief had a motley aggregation.
- The President-elect's $775 billion plan is a motley mix of tax cuts, infrastructure spending and other programs and much of it is based on untested economic guesswork.