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
bury one's head in the sand
to refuse to see something, to know something unpleasant but not want to deal with it
The man always buries his head in the sand and never wants to hear about family problems.