Hyphenation of motley

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word motley? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of motley:

1.	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
4.	Make something more diverse and varied Vary the menu
5.	Make motley Color with different colors
6.	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
7.	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

Synonyms of motley:

adj	assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry, heterogeneous, heterogenous
adj	calico, multicolor, multicolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, colored, coloured, colorful
noun	assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
noun	garment
noun	fabric, cloth, material, textile
verb	vary, variegate, diversify
verb	parti-color, color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.