motley

motley is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
2. adjective. Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1.
3. noun. Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style.
4. noun. A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.
5. noun. Hence, a jester, a fool.
6. noun. a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
7. noun. a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
8. noun. a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

   "a great assortment of cars was on display"

   "he had a variety of disorders"

   Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixture, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety

9. verb. make motley; color with different colors
10. verb. make something more diverse and varied

    "Vary the menu"

    Synonyms: variegate, vary

11. adjective. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

    "a jester dressed in motley"

    "the painted desert"

    Synonyms: calico, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured

12. adjective. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds- I.A.Richards

    "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"

    "assorted sizes"

    Synonyms: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry

Synonyms

assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixture, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, variegate, vary, calico, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, assorted, miscellaneous

Common word forms

motleys, motleyer, motleyest, motleyness

Words from these letters

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