Definitions for Motley

Motley mot·ley

Spelling: [mot-lee]
IPA: /ˈmɒt li/

Motley is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in Motley (elmoty).

Definitions for Motley

noun

  1. a combination of different colors.
  2. a parti-colored effect.
  3. the parti-colored garment of a jester.
  4. a heterogeneous assemblage.
  5. a medley. Synonyms: conglomeration, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany; olio, potpourri, pastiche, gallimaufry, farrago.
  6. John Lothrop [loh-thruh p] /ˈloʊ θrəp/ (Show IPA), 1814–77, U.S. historian and diplomat.

adjective

  1. exhibiting great diversity of elements: Synonyms: heterogenous, varied, diverse, mixed, assorted, sundry; incongruous, disparate, diversified, dissimilar, divergent. Antonyms: homogeneous, uniform, identical; similar, like.
  2. being of different colors combined: Synonyms: parti-colored, multicolored, variegated, polychromatic; pied, piebald, mottled, dappled. Antonyms: monochromatic; solid.
  3. wearing a parti-colored garment:

Origin of Motley

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at mote1, -ly

Examples for Motley

The scene was changed now; the whole room was a mob—“motley the only wear.”

The motley crew cast participates in an illegal cross-country car race, while doing anything to win.

I mingled with the motley throng, my ears alert for any spoken opinions.

I trust not the varlet with whom I bartered it for my motley.

Well, it was based on an amalgam of bands—Black Sabbath, AC/DC, motley Crue, Judas Priest, and Van Halen.

A motley crew of former sailors led by Commodore Joshua Barney mounted the only real resistance to the British.

And a motley cast of characters—is that a guy in a chicken costume?

The motley passengers were all sound asleep; no one had been disturbed by the fracas.

A motley crew, to be sure: Islamic states, sub-Saharan Africa, China.

Hundreds of them there were, men of all races and planets, a motley crew.

Word Value for Motley
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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