Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
I met a fool i' th' forest, / A motley' fool.
An incongruous mixture.
A jester's multicoloured clothes.
A jester; a fool.
A surname.
A city in Morrison County and Cass County, Minnesota, United States.
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.
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Having many colours; variegated.
Wil you be married, Motley?