motley


motley (http://definr.com/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,
             sundry(a)]
     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: 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" [syn: assortment, mixture, {mixed
          bag}, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, 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]