What is the meaning of motley?

noun

• A collection containing a variety of sorts of things.
  • usage: "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
  • synonyms: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri
• A garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume. )
• A multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England.

verb

• Make something more diverse and varied.
  • usage: "Vary the menu"
  • synonyms: vary, variegate
• Make motley; color with different colors.
  • synonyms: parti-color

adjective

• Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds."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
  • synonyms: assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry
• Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
  • usage: "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
  • synonyms: calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured