- skip - Brewer’s

Motley

.

Men of motley. Licensed fools; so called because of their dress.

“Motley is the only wear.”


Shakespeare: As You Like It, ii. 7.

 

previous entry · index · next entry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

previous entry · index · next entry

Mother-sick
Mother-wit
Mother of Believers
Mother of Books
Mother of Cities [Amu-al-Bulud]
Mother of Pearl
Mother of the Gracchi
Mother’s Apron Strings
Mothering Sunday
Motion
Motley
Motu Proprio
Mouch (To)
Mouchard (French)
Moulds
Mound
Mount Zion
Mountain (The) or Montagnards
Mountain Ash (The)
Mountain-dew
Mountains of Mole-hills