varicolored

[ vair-i-kuhl-erd ]
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adjective
  1. having various colors; variegated; motley: a varicolored print.

Origin of varicolored

1
First recorded in 1655–65; vari(ous) + colored

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How to use varicolored in a sentence

  • Their chief beauty is the deep, warm, varicolored stain with which time and the weather have enriched the plaster.

    Life On The Mississippi, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Then Beer came tripping in with a pile of varicolored garments which she held up to view.

    Ptomaine Street | Carolyn Wells
  • As an example, an Indian club is created by gluing many varicolored woods around a central core.

    Industrial Arts Design | William H. Varnum
  • Most agates are banded amygdules in which the silica has been laid in varicolored, concentric layers (Fig. 222).

    The Elements of Geology | William Harmon Norton
  • The smooth floor of the room was bare save for a few rugs made of varicolored rags.

    Dixie Hart | Will N. Harben