Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a mind or character like that of a professional fool or clown; exhibiting incoherence in thought; having thoughts of a motley character.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a mind of a jester; foolish.
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Examples
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Good my lord, bid him welcome: this is the motley-minded gentleman that I have so often met in the forest: he hath been a courtier, he swears.
As You Like It 2004
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[Illustration: MILAN CATHEDRAL.] "Show the motley-minded gentleman in;" -- the old friend with a new face, or, in plain words, THE MIRROR _in a new type_.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 Various
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This is the motley-minded gentleman that I have so often met in the forest: he hath been a courtier, he swears.
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This is the motley-minded gentleman that I have before met in the forest.
The Disowned — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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This is the motley-minded gentleman that I have before met in the forest.
The Disowned — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Good my lord, bid him welcome: this is the motley-minded gentleman that I have so often met in the forest: he hath been a courtier, he swears.
As You Like It 1599
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