The Clue
Parti-colored (6 letter answer)
The Answer
MOTLEY
Tags
Notes
The answer MOTLEY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
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Definition
MOTLEY as a noun:
1. (assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley) = a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
2. a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
3. a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
MOTLEY as a verb:
1. (vary, variegate, motley) = make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
2. (motley, parti-color) = make motley; color with different colors
MOTLEY as an adjective:
1. (assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry) = consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "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
2. (motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured) = having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"