polychrome
[ pol-ee-krohm ]
/ ˈpɒl iˌkroʊm /
adjective
being of many or various colors.
decorated or executed in many colors, as a statue, vase, or mural.
verb (used with object), pol·y·chromed, pol·y·chrom·ing.
to paint in many or various colors.
noun
a polychrome object or work.
RELATED WORDS
spotted, motley, variegated, mottled, checkered, dappled, kaleidoscopic, multicolored, piebald, polychromic, varicolored, versicolor, particolored, pied, prismatic
Nearby words
- polychromasia,
- polychromatic,
- polychromatophil,
- polychromatophilia,
- polychromatophilic,
- polychromemia,
- polychromy,
- polycistronic,
- polyclad,
- polycletus
Origin of polychrome
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for polychrome
polychrome
/ (ˈpɒlɪˌkrəʊm) /
adjective
having various or changing colours; polychromatic
made with or decorated in various colours
noun
a work of art or artefact in many colours
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
polychrome
"having many colors," 1816, from French polychrome, from Latinized form of Greek polykhromos "many-colored" (see poly- + chrome). As a noun from 1800. Related: Polychromic; polychromatic; polychromate.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper