Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having a mind or character like that of a professional fool or clown; exhibiting incoherence in thought; having thoughts of a motley character.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having a mind of a jester; foolish.
Examples
“[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
“This is the motley-minded gentleman that I have so often met in the forest: he hath been a courtier, he swears.”
“This is the motley-minded gentleman that I have before met in the forest.”
“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.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘motley-minded’.
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absent-minded, small-minded, civic-minded, right-minded, tough-minded, high-minded, narrow-minded, feeble-minded, close-minded, open-minded, broad-minded, contrary-minded and 14 more...
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135 Offensive Shakespearean Terms
135 Offensive Shakespearean Terms =)
artless, baggage, barnacle, bawdy, beef-witted, bladder, boil-brained, bootless, brazen, cankerblossom, churlish, churrish and 123 more...
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Ye Olde Shouting Match
From a list of insulting words that you might encounter in a Middle English shouting match.
The list was given to me by my English teacher.bawdy, bunch-backed, canker-blossom, brazen, clay-brained, clotpole, churlish, dog-hearted, crutch, distempered, empty-hearted, cutpurse and 78 more...
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