metis vs motley

metis

adj
  • Of mixed heritage 

  • Of Métis heritage. 

noun
  • A person of mixed-race ancestry. 

  • A person of one-eighth black ancestry; an octoroon. 

  • Practical intelligence; street smarts. 

motley

adj
  • Having many colours; variegated. 

  • Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity. 

noun
  • A jester's multicoloured clothes. 

  • An incongruous mixture. 

  • A jester; a fool. 

How often have the words metis and motley occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )