motley
nouns
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,
mixture,
motley,
potpourri,
salmagundi,
smorgasbord,
variety
a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
is a type of (narrower)
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
"the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
verbs
adjectives
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
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"
calico,
motley,
multi-color,
multi-colored,
multi-colour,
multi-coloured,
multicolor,
multicolored,
multicolour,
multicoloured,
painted,
particolored,
particoloured,
piebald,
pied,
varicolored,
varicoloured
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