Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - motley
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Motley
motley
~1 adj only before noun 1 a motley crew/bunch/assortment etc a group of people of very different kinds especially people that you do not approve of (I looked at the motley bunch we were sailing with and began to feel uneasy about the trip.) 2 a motley group of things contains objects that are all different in shape, size etc and that do not seem to belong together (His pockets contained a motley collection of coins, movie ticket stubs, and old peppermint candies.) 3 literary having a strange mixture of many different colours (a court jester in motley garb) ~2 n technical the clothes worn by a jester
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You can describe a group of things as a motley collection if you think they seem strange together because they are all very different. ...a motley collection of vans, old buses, cattle-trucks, and even a fire engine... ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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biographical name John Lothrop 1814-1877 American historian MOTLEY I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from mot mote, speck Date: 14th century 1. variegated in color a ~ coat 2. composed of diverse often incongruous elements a ~ crowd II. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably from 1~ Date: 14th century 1. a woolen fabric of mixed colors made in England between the 14th and 17th centuries 2. a garment made of ~; especially the characteristic dress of the professional fool 3. jester, fool 4. a mixture especially of incongruous elements ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. (motlier, motliest) 1 diversified in colour. 2 of varied character (a motley crew). --n. 1 an incongruous mixture. 2 hist. the particoloured costume of a jester. Phrases and idioms wear motley play the fool. Etymology: ME mottelay, perh. ult. rel. to MOTE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. попурри, всякая всячина 2. ист. шутовской костюм to wear (the) motley —- быть шутом to don the motley —- стать шутом 3. шут, дурак 4. разноцветный, пестрый, клетчатый motley dress —- разноцветный наряд motley coat —- шутовской наряд motley fool —- шут 5. разнородный, разношерстный motley crowd —- пестрая (разношерстная, разноликая) толпа there is a motley collection of books on the shelf —- на полке стояло разношерстное собрание книг ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1380, from Anglo-Fr. motteley, probably from O.E. mot "speck" (see mote). "Diversified in color," especially of a fool's dress. Hence, allusively, "a fool" (1600). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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