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motley

(n): a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

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(n): several things grouped together or considered as a whole

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

(n): an article of clothing

(n): a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England

(n): artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

(v): make something more diverse and varied

(v): make (more) diverse

(v): make motley; color with different colors

(v): add color to

(adj): prenominal) -- (consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

(adj): vs. homogeneous), heterogenous -- (consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature

(adj): having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

(adj): vs. uncolored), coloured, colorful -- (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination

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4 months ago bilby said:

"Clothing is no longer a single cult which all must practise in the same way, only well or badly. One may now dress quixotically or sentimentally or satirically or gorgeously, at will. It is no longer necessary to wait for a costume party to get out the thirties dressing-gown embroidered with hollyhocks or that ragged Tunisian wedding dress. Everyone wears motley."
- 'Hippies in Asia', Germaine Greer in Sunday Times, 1972.

8 months ago mollusque said:

A varicolored woolen fabric of mixed threads.

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