Motley /(?)/

Mot·ley

Motley

a.
  1. Variegated in color; consisting of different colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.
  2. Wearing motley or party-colored clothing. See Motley, n., 1.
  3. Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style.

Motley

n.
  1. A combination of distinct colors; esp., the party-colored cloth, or clothing, worn by the professional fool.
  2. Hence, a jester, a fool. [Obs.]

Phrases & Compounds
Man of motley
a fool.