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motley

• (s) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  • 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
  assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry,
• (s) 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
  multicolor, multi-color, multicolored, multi-colored, multicolour, multi-colour, multicoloured, multi-coloured, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, calico, varicolored, varicoloured, painted,

Nouns

• (n) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
  • a great assortment of cars was on display
  • he had a variety of disorders
  • a veritable smorgasbord of religions
  assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture,
• (n) a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
• (n) a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England

Verbs

• (v) make something more diverse and varied
  • Vary the menu
  variegate, vary,
• (v) make motley; color with different colors parti-color,

Synonyms

assortment miscellanea miscellany mixed bag potpourri salmagundi smorgasbord variety mixture variegate vary assorted miscellaneous mixed sundry multicolor multi-color multicolored multi-colored multicolour multi-colour multicoloured multi-coloured particolored particoloured piebald pied calico varicolored varicoloured painted parti-color

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