motleynessn.
/ˈmɒtlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmɑtlinᵻs/ The condition or quality of being motley, esp. diverseness, disparateness.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun]
variety1555
piedness1588
variegation1646
variegatedness1668
motleyness1819
chequering1847
mackereling1866
sparkiness1868
piebaldness1875
particolouring1880
piebaldism1881
piebalding1886
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun]
manifoldnesseOE
serenessa1300
diversityc1340
sundernessc1390
diversenessa1400
seretya1400
variancea1400
sundryhead?a1425
sundrinessa1450
variety1548
multivariety1601
diversifying1611
inconstancy1646
heterogeneity1651
variousness1651
heterogeneousness1662
variegation1668
multifariousness1684
miscellaneousness1727
miscellaneity1778
versatility1802
omnifariousness1806
motleyness1819
many-headedness1847
heterology1854
unhomogeneity1862
diversitude1870
variedness1897
polycentricity1915
inhomogeneity1916
1819 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 358 All other dogs are prized..for the motleyness of their coats.
1846 Ld. Cockburn Jrnl. 25 July (1874) II. xiii. 161 The folly was the only bond that united Sir Culling's supporters. Hence their motleyness.
1967 Monumenta Nipponica 22 76 This sort of motleyness is not found in the Hōgen and Heiji tales.
1996 Budapest Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 5 Feb. 17 Hungary's fascinating and unspoken motleyness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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