motley
mot·ley
motley · motleys
форма мови, форма існування мови, різновид мови
мешанина, пестрота
Varietät, Sorte, Sprachform
An incongruous mixtureAn incongruous mixture.
UK/ˈmɒtli/US/ˈmɑtli/
» A motley crew of educators and students gathered at the seminar.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)An incongruous mixture.
Mischmasch
пестротаpestrota, мешани́наmešanína
(uncountable)A jester's multicoloured clothes.
(broadly, countable, figuratively)A jester; a fool.
More definitions
- 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
Examples
2 sentencesA motley crew of educators and students gathered at the seminar.
They're a motley crew.
ruОни разношёрстная команда.
deSie sind ein zusammengewürfelter Haufen.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
incongruous mixture:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
incongruous mixture:
Origin
From Middle English motle, from Anglo-Norman motteley (“parti-colored”), from Old EnglishFrom 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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Forms
plural: motleysSynonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- a collection containing a variety of sorts of things:assortmentmixturemixed bagmiscellanymiscellaneavarietysalmagundismorgasbord
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable