motley

(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things. Synonyms: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri. Examples: "A great assortment of cars was on display." "He had a variety of disorders." "A veritable smorgasbord of religions."

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

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

(verb) make something more diverse and varied. Synonyms: vary, variegate. Example: "Vary the menu."

(verb) make motley; color with different colors. Synonyms: parti-color.

(adj) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds. Synonyms: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry(prenominal). Examples: "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."

(adj) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly. Synonyms: calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured. Examples: "A jester dressed in motley." "The painted desert." "A particolored dress." "A piebald horse." "Pied daisies."