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}, {culticolour}, {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}, {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}]