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English
Etymology
From motley (“multi-colored cloth; a jester's clothes”) + fool (“a jester”).
Noun
motley fool (plural motley fools)
- Court jester; jester.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :A fool, a fool! I met a fool i’ th’ forest, / A motley fool. A miserable world!