Word Meanings - MOTLEY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

curdled, OF, ciel mattonné a mottled sky, mate, maton, curdled milk, 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. "A

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curdled, OF, ciel mattonné a mottled sky, mate, maton, curdled milk, 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. "A motley fool." Shak. 3. Composed of different or various parts; heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as, motley style. Byron.

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• DIFFERENTIALLY
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• WEARING
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• PARTY
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• CONSISTENTLY
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  curdled, OF, ciel mattonné a mottled sky, mate, maton, curdled milk, 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. "A
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  In a different manner; variously.
• CONSIST
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