motley

adjective · noun · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
more motleymotliermotleyer
Superlative
most motleymotliestmotleyest
  1. 1.

    Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.

    Đồng nghĩa: heterogeneous, diverse, manifold, catholic, dishomogeneous, diverse, diversified, eclectic, heterogeneous, liberal, manifold, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifarious, multifold, sundry, variable, varied, various

  2. 2.

    Having many colours; variegated.

    Đồng nghĩa: colorful, prismatic, variegated, aurora-colored (US) / aurora-coloured, colorful (US) / colourful, colorific, discolored [⇒ thesaurus] (US, obsolete) / discoloured, kaleidoscopic, many-coloured, motley, multichromatic, multicolor (US) / multicolour, multicolored (US) / multicoloured, multicolorous, multihued, particolored (US) / particoloured, polychromate, polychromatic, polychromed, polyhued, prismatic, rainbow, rainbow-colored (US) / rainbow-coloured, tissued, variegated

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
motleys
  1. 1.

    (countable, uncountable)An incongruous mixture.

  2. 2.

    (uncountable)A jester's multicoloured clothes.

  3. 3.

    (broadly, countable, figuratively)(countable, figuratively, by extension) A jester; a fool.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
motleys
V_ing/Gerund
motleying
V_ed/pp
motleyed
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To give something a patchwork appearance.

  2. 2.

    (broadly, figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figuratively, by extension) To make something multicolored, variegated, or diverse in character.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

heterogeneousdiversemanifoldcatholicdishomogeneousdiversifiedeclecticliberalmiscellaneousmixedmultifariousmultifoldsundryvariablevariedvariouscolorfulprismaticvariegatedaurora-colored (US) / aurora-coloured

Cùng gốc / liên quan

motley crewmotley foolmotley ironmotleynessmottled#Adjective

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English motle, from motteley (parti-colored), from Old English mot (speck). mote. The English word can be analysed as mottle + -y.

Nguồn dữ liệu: freedict, wiktionary · cập nhật 15/8/2026

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