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Mo"tive*less, a. Destitute of a
motive; not incited by a motive. -- Mo"tive*less*ness,
n. G. Eliot.

Mo*tiv"i*ty (?), n. [See Motive,
n.] 1. The power of moving or
producing motion.

2. The quality of being influenced by
motives. [R.]

||Mo*ti"vo (?), n. [It. See
Motive, n.] See Motive,
n., 3, 4.

Mot"ley (?), a. [OE. mottelee,
motle; cf. OF. mattelé clotted, curdled, OF,
ciel mattonné a mottled sky, mate, maton,
curdled milk, Prov. G. matte curd. Cf. Mottle.]
1. Variegated in color; consisting of different
colors; dappled; party-colored; as, a motley coat.

2. Wearing motley or party-colored clothing.
See Motley, n., 1. "A motley
fool." Shak.

3. Composed of different or various parts;
heterogeneously made or mixed up; discordantly composite; as,
motley style.


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