varicolored
[vair-i-kuhl-erd]
adjective
having various colors; variegated; motley: a varicolored print.
Origin of varicolored
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Related Words for varicolored
checkered, dappled, kaleidoscopic, motley, mottled, multicolored, piebald, polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, spotted, variegated, versicolor, particolored, pied, prismaticExamples from the Web for varicolored
Historical Examples of varicolored
The surface of the river was sprinkled with sail-boats and varicolored canoes.
The Cottage of DelightWill N. Harben
Many of them were large and varicolored, and left behind them a long train of fire.
Our DayW. A. Spicer
Their chief beauty is the deep, warm, varicolored stain with which time and the weather have enriched the plaster.
Life On The Mississippi, CompleteMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Varicolored ribbons ran round the walls after the manner of bunting and fell in festoons from the beamed ceiling.
The Law of the North (Originally published as Empery)Samuel Alexander White
Johannes stood gazing, half-blinded, in the glare of hundreds of varicolored lights, of mirrors and flowers.
The QuestFrederik van Eeden
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