motley
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Tính từ
adjective- 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.
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- 1.
(countable, uncountable)An incongruous mixture.
- 2.
(uncountable)A jester's multicoloured clothes.
- 3.
(broadly, countable, figuratively)(countable, figuratively, by extension) A jester; a fool.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To give something a patchwork appearance.
- 2.
(broadly, figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figuratively, by extension) To make something multicolored, variegated, or diverse in character.
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From Middle English motle, from motteley (parti-colored), from Old English mot (speck). mote. The English word can be analysed as mottle + -y.