motley

Adjective

• 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
    

• consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  • 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
    

Noun

• a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England

• a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)

• 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
    

Verb

• make motley; color with different colors

• make something more diverse and varied
  • Vary the menu
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  calico , multicolor , multi-color , multicolour , multi-colour , multicolored , multi-colored , multicoloured , multi-coloured , painted , assorted , miscellaneous , mixed , sundry(a) , parti-color , vary , variegate