Motley /(?)/
Mot·ley
Motley
a.
- Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
- Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1.
- Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style.
Motley
n.
- A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.
- Hence, a jester, a fool. [Obs.]
Phrases & Compounds
- Man of motley
- a fool.