adj.
1.consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity)
2.having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly motley n.
1.a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
2.a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
3.a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England motley v.
1.make something more diverse and varied
2.make motley
Idiom of the Day
fiddle while Rome burns
to do nothing while a disaster is happening
The economy is becoming worse while the government does nothing. They want to fiddle while Rome burns.