motley

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
2. Having many colours; variegated.

Noun

1. An incongruous mixture.
2. A jester's multicoloured clothes.
3. (broadly) A jester; a fool.

Concepts

bigarré

hétéroclite

divers

mélange

multicolore

pie

polychrome

pot-pourri

varier

taché

assortiment

variée

bariolé

diversifier

hétérogène

mélanger

Synonymes

multicolored

multicoloured

mottled

variegated

spotted

multicolored

multicoloured

colourful

colourful

colorful

particoloured

piebald

colorful

miscellaneous

heterogeneous

varicoloured

pied

dappled

particolored

multicolour

multicolor

varicolored

variegate

mixed

painted

sundry

parti-color

mixed bag

chequered

multi-colour

vary

various

many-coloured

multi-color

variety

striped

assortment

smorgasbord

calico

potpourri

compound

mixture

assorted

salmagundi

miscellany

diverse

miscellanea

dissolve

disrupt

disorganize

Traductions

abigarrado

eterogeneo

bont

variegato

multicolor

surtido

zusammengewürfelt

bunt

diverso

misto

heterogêneo

vielfarbig

scheckig

abigarramiento

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɒtli/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: motle

In summary

From Middle English motle, from Anglo-Norman motteley (“parti-colored”), from Old English mot (“speck”). Doublet of mote. The English word can be analysed as mottle + -y.