MOTLEY

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.

2.
a.

Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1. "A motley fool." Shak.

3.
a.

Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style. Byron.

4.
n.

A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool. Chaucer. "Motley 's the only wear." Shak.

5.
n.

Hence, a jester, a fool. [Obs.] Shak. Man of motley, a fool. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

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