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  Motley, MN (city, FIPS 44422)
    Location: 46.33566 N, 94.64325 W
    Population (1990): 441 (219 housing units)
    Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

  Motley \Mot"ley\, a. [OE. mottelee, motle; cf. OF. mattel['e]
     clotted, curdled, OF, ciel mattonn['e] a mottled sky, mate,
     maton, curdled milk, Prov. G. matte curd. Cf. Mottle.]
     1. Variegated in color; consisting of different colors;
        dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
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     2. Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley,
        n., 1. ``A motley fool.'' --Shak.
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     3. Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously
        made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley
        style. --Byron.
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  Motley \Mot"ley\, n.
     1. A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored
        cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.
        --Chaucer. ``Motley 's the only wear.'' --Shak.
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     2. Hence, a jester, a fool. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     Man of motley, a fool. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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  Motley \Mot"ley\, a. [OE. mottelee, motle; cf. OF. mattel['e]
     clotted, curdled, OF, ciel mattonn['e] a mottled sky, mate,
     maton, curdled milk, Prov. G. matte curd. Cf. Mottle.]
     1. Variegated in color; consisting of different colors;
        dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
  
     2. Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley,
        n., 1. ``A motley fool.'' --Shak.
  
     3. Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously
        made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley
        style. --Byron.

  Motley \Mot"ley\, n.
     1. A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored
        cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.
        --Chaucer. ``Motley 's the only wear.'' --Shak.
  
     2. Hence, a jester, a fool. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     Man of motley, a fool. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

  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: calico, multicolor, multicolour, 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"; "a veritable smorgasbord of
            religions" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany,
             miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord,
            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]

  motley
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 ετερόκλητος
     2 ανομοιόμορφος
     3 πολύχρωμος
     Αγγλικά n.
     συνονθύλευμα

  motley
     a.
     1 Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
     2 Having many colours; variegated.
     n.
     1 An incongruous mixture.
     2 A jester's multicoloured clothes.
     3 (lb en by extension) A jester; a fool.

  Motley
     n.
     (surname: en).

  motley
     a.
     1 Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
     2 Having many colours; variegated.
     n.
     1 An incongruous mixture.
     2 A jester's multicoloured clothes.
     3 (lb en by extension) A jester; a fool.

  Motley
     n.
     (surname: en).

  motley
     a.
     1 Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
     2 Having many colours; variegated.
     n.
     1 An incongruous mixture.
     2 A jester's multicoloured clothes.
     3 (lb en by extension) A jester; a fool.

  Motley
     n.
     (surname: en).

  motley
     a.
     1 Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
     2 Having many colours; variegated.
     n.
     1 An incongruous mixture.
     2 A jester's multicoloured clothes.
     3 (lb en by extension) A jester; a fool.

  Motley
     n.
     (surname: en).

  motley
     Englanti a.
     sekalainen; kirjava, monenkirjava

  motley
     Engelska a.
     brokig

  Motley /mˈɒtli/
  ثوب المهرج

  motley //ˈmɑtli// //ˈmɒtli// 
  1. разнороден
  comprising greatly varied elements
  2. пъстър, шарен
  having many colours; variegated

  motley //ˈmɑtli// //ˈmɒtli// 
  сбирщина
  incongruous mixture

  motley /mˈɒtli/ 
  různorodý

  motley /mˈɒtli/
  Narrenkostüm 
   see: motleys
  

  motley /mˈɒtli/
  bunt, bunt gemischt, bunt zusammengewürfelt, kunterbunt 
        "a motley collection"  - eine bunt gemischte Sammlung
        "a motley/ragtag bunch (group of people)"  - ein bunt zusammengewürfelter Haufen (Gruppe von Menschen)
     Synonym: ragtag
  

  motley /mˈɒtli/
  zusammengewürfelt 

  motley /mˈɒtli/
  
  ετερογενής, ανακατεμένος

  motley //ˈmɑtli// //ˈmɒtli// 
  1. sekalainen
  comprising greatly varied elements
  2. kirjava
  having many colours; variegated

  motley //ˈmɑtli// //ˈmɒtli// 
  sekamelska, sekasotku
  incongruous mixture

  motley /mˈɒtli/ 
  1. बिरंगा
        "There were motley paintings in the conference hall."

  motley /mˈɒtli/
  lakrdijašica, odijelo, raznobojan, šaren

  motley /mˈɒtli/
  1. zavaros
  2. vegyes
  3. zagyva
  4. tarkabarka
  5. zagyvaság
  6. bohócruha

  motley //ˈmɑtli// //ˈmɒtli// 
  1. ごちゃ混ぜ, 寄せ集め
  comprising greatly varied elements
  2. 雑色
  having many colours; variegated

  motley //ˈmɑtli// //ˈmɒtli// 
  ごちゃ混ぜ, 寄せ集め
  incongruous mixture

  motley /ˈmɒtlɪ/ 
    różnorodny

  motley //ˈmɑtli// //ˈmɒtli// 
  brokig
  comprising greatly varied elements

  motley /mˈɒtli/
  1. çeşitli (kıs.)ımlardan meydana gelmiş, birbirine benzemez, ayn cinsten, karmakarışık
  2. karışık renkli, alaca, rengârenk
  3. rengârenk giysili
  4. uyumsuz karışım
  5. rengârenk giysi. wear motley soytarılık etmek.

  
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  Motley -- U.S. County in Texas
     Population (2000):    1426
     Housing Units (2000): 839
     Land area (2000):     989.377882 sq. miles (2562.476841 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.430342 sq. miles (1.114580 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    989.808224 sq. miles (2563.591421 sq. km)
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             34.084808 N, 100.789688 W
     Headwords:
      Motley
      Motley, TX
      Motley County
      Motley County, TX
  

  Motley, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
     Population (2000):    585
     Housing Units (2000): 270
     Land area (2000):     1.321566 sq. miles (3.422839 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.067839 sq. miles (0.175703 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.389405 sq. miles (3.598542 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            44422
     Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
     Location:             46.335089 N, 94.645866 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Motley, MN
      Motley
  

  265 Moby Thesaurus words for "motley":
     Columbine, Hanswurst, Harlequin, Pantalone, Pantaloon,
     Polichinelle, Pulcinella, Punch, Punchinello, Scaramouch,
     amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assorted,
     assortment, at odds, at variance, ballet skirt, band, bar,
     bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, bicolor, bicolored, bladder, blended,
     blotch, buffo, buffoon, buskin, calico, cap and bells, capricious,
     changeable, changing, check, checker, choppy, chromatic, clouded,
     clown, cold, colluvies, colorful, colorific, coloring, colory,
     combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conglomerate,
     contrary, contrasted, contrasting, cool, costume, coxcomb, crazy,
     daedal, dapple, dappled, departing, deviating, deviative,
     deviatory, dichromatic, different, differentiated, differing,
     disaccordant, disagreeing, discolor, discordant, discrepant,
     discrete, discriminated, disguise, disjoined, disorderly,
     disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished,
     divaricate, divergent, diverging, divers, divers-colored, diverse,
     diversified, diversiform, dot, eclectic, equivocal, erose, erratic,
     fifty-fifty, flake, fleck, fool, freckle, gallimaufry, getup,
     glowing, half-and-half, harlequin, harmonious, heterogeneous,
     hodgepodge, idiot, impulsive, in disagreement, inaccordant,
     incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, inconstant,
     indiscriminate, inharmonious, intricate, iris, ironic,
     irreconcilable, irregular, jack-pudding, jagged, jerky, jester,
     jumble, jumbled, kaleidoscopic, maculate, many, many-colored,
     many-sided, marble, marbled, marbleize, masquerade, matching,
     medley, mercurial, merry-andrew, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed,
     monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic, motley fool, mottle,
     mottled, multicolor, multicolored, multicolorous, multifaceted,
     multifarious, multihued, multinational, multiracial, mutable,
     nonconformist, nonstandard, nonuniform, omnium-gatherum, outfit,
     parti-color, parti-colored, pastiche, patchy, pepper,
     pepper-and-salt, pickle-herring, piebald, pied, pigmentary, pinto,
     pluralistic, poles apart, poles asunder, polychromatic, polychrome,
     polychromic, polychromize, prismal, prismatic, promiscuous, ragged,
     rainbow, rig, rough, salad, scrambled, separate, separated,
     several, shot, shot through, skewbald, slapstick, sock, spangle,
     spasmodic, speck, speckle, spectral, splotch, sporadic, spot,
     sprinkle, stigmatize, stipple, streak, striate, stripe, stud,
     syncretic, tattoo, tessellate, thrown together,
     thunder and lightning, tights, tinctorial, tingent, toning,
     trichromatic, trichromic, tricolor, tricolored, tutu, two-tone,
     unconformable, uncongenial, unequable, unequal, uneven, unlike,
     unorthodox, unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, ununiform, variable,
     variant, varicolored, varied, variegate, variegated, variform,
     various, varying, vein, versicolor, versicolored, warm, wavering,
     widely apart, worlds apart, zany
  
  

  a. 杂色的l斑杂的,杂多的,混杂的;
  n. 杂色,杂色衣服,混杂;

     a. 杂色的,斑杂的,杂多的,混杂的
     n. 杂色,杂色衣服,混杂,小丑