varicoloured
Britishadjective
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The gay butterflies when they first expand their varicoloured wings and float in air, seem not more joyous than the Parisians have been during the last two days of sunshine.
From The Idler in France by Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
Bones, beads, sparkling metals, soft-tinted sea shells, and all of them blended with the varicoloured paints that he has compounded in nature's mortar.
From The Vanishing Race by Joseph Kossuth Dixon
A struggle heaved the varicoloured multitude-and, lo! each man stood upright, his load balanced on his head.
From The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White
The prisoners, too, had adorned with varicoloured paperwork the candelabra, girandoles and mirrors which drew twinkles from the long waxed floor, and softened whatever might have been garish in the decorations.
From The Westcotes by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Their slender, varicoloured tentacles whipped out; the giant iridescent bubbles climbed over the cadavers.
From The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt
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